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Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

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Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

#41
Why does this article not mention what solveit is at all? It talks about what they did, then that they made this tool, then that it's great, but what is it? Watch this video!

No, give me a sentence or two about what it does. I'm not watching a video about a tool while reading a blog post about it because you couldn't be bothered to write a line or two about it.

Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

#42
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I see a $400 price tag on a five week course. If it takes 5 weeks to learn how to use your product, I am skeptical that it has legs. Side note: supposedly this is the first cohort of this course, so how do you already have testimonials?

As the post mentions, a year ago we did a trial of it, and have been working with that group of 1000 users since then. The course is about a methodology, not a product. It's the ideas Eric Ries and I have been working on for decades. 5 weeks is a crash course that can only touch on the ideas. And it covers learning data structures and algorithms, foundations of web programming, system administration, startup creating…

You obviously see a ton of value here, but a bunch of industry professionals still aren’t getting it. This is a communication problem. Y’all probably should consider investing in a (different?) marketing or communications consultant.

Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

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post #36

This is such a steep price tag. I loved what Jeremy Howard put up on fast.ai and respect the heck out of his team, but I've seen too many people scammed by online courses that sell a dream. This one seems to be selling a dream as well. I'll be purchasing the course to try it out but I think my concern is not a one-off thing.

Is this an ad?

Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, the first example shown doesn't use AI at all. The AI is an optional helper in the process, if needed/wanted.

The AI is an integral part of the platform. My impression from reading the reviews on their website is that you won’t go anywhere using Solveit if you don’t let the LLM give you feedback. Sigh. I agree with the parent poster’s sentiment.

I find I use the AI less and less the more I use SolveIt tbh

Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

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post #36

This is such a steep price tag. I loved what Jeremy Howard put up on fast.ai and respect the heck out of his team, but I've seen too many people scammed by online courses that sell a dream. This one seems to be selling a dream as well. I'll be purchasing the course to try it out but I think my concern is not a one-off thing.

Is this an ad?

I'd say the fact that I'm unable to show purchase intention without being accused of being a shill proves my point.

Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

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post #41

Why does this article not mention what solveit is at all? It talks about what they did, then that they made this tool, then that it's great, but what is it? Watch this video! No, give me a sentence or two about what it does. I'm not watching a video about a tool while reading a blog post about it because you couldn't be bothered to write a line or two about it.

As someone who participated in the first cohort but is not part of their team, i would say it’s a programming environment for AI assisted literate programming.

It’s like an intelligent notebook. That means you could use this for many different things but at least to me the high order bit is „AI assisted literate programming“

Re: Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

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post #48
post #41

Why does this article not mention what solveit is at all? It talks about what they did, then that they made this tool, then that it's great, but what is it? Watch this video! No, give me a sentence or two about what it does. I'm not watching a video about a tool while reading a blog post about it because you couldn't be bothered to write a line or two about it.

As someone who participated in the first cohort but is not part of their team, i would say it’s a programming environment for AI assisted literate programming. It’s like an intelligent notebook. That means you could use this for many different things but at least to me the high order bit is „AI assisted literate programming“

I see, thank you. Is this more of an exploratory programming tool, then? A Jupyter notebook with AI features?
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