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Yeah, Scratch helped bootstrap so many folks, but that was a generation ago -- I can't imagine exhorting children to learn to code with Scratch (or any other Visual Programming Language) in good faith today.

If you're trying to get away from the burden of syntax or other onerous aspects of coding, well then just use an AI coding assistant. OTOH, if you (for some reason) want to learn a textual programming language, then write code in that language yourself.

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> “If you're trying to get away from the burden of syntax or other onerous aspects of coding…”

Coding is a solution waiting for a problem kids don’t have yet. The answer is always “try a game”. But llm and logic can help children engage with the actual problems they have and what is flying around their little imaginations. Syntax and other code _constraints_ should not be the cost of entry.

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