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In 2019 I built the original version of codeamigo.dev, a place to create coding tutorials, after codecademy rejected me for the third time. About a year in Amjad from replit reached out and offered to acquire the product and hire me full time. I went through the interview process, and was offered the job, but in the end I backed out because others convinced me it wasn’t for enough money. One of the worse career decisions I’ve made thus far.

> Updates include following robots.txt and identifying user agents so sites can control how ChatGPT interacts with them.

The company I started working for a few months ago wrote their whole web app with Elixir/Phoenix LiveView. It's been a real pleasure to work with after years of React and Next.js. The main thing I miss are types though.

Thanks Deltacoast, that's an interesting insight. I agree that being given the answer is the wrong approach, and the AI needs to be fine-tuned to not do that, similar to KhanAcademy's Khanmigo bot.

I do think having a knowledgeable assistant can be helpful though. I've watched some users literally get unstuck with the AI, and it's amazing.

Great work on Codecademy by the way, I'm (obviously) a big fan.

One "today" I'll be spot on.

My friend/co-founder and I wrote these courses.

Thanks for asking. I didn't leave my apartment. Hope everyone who is forced to be outside for work is safe, and this passes soon.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

I could see there being a future course about binary on codeamigo actually. I'm not saying people shouldn't learn the fundamentals of computing, rather, it's not knowledge that's a requirement to have before building most modern applications.

Before it was "learn C before learning Python" but some people didn't love that either...I guess my point is, we've been moving to higher and higher abstractions ever since computer programming was invented, the next abstraction is probably going to be talking to an AI to write some code that you need to vet, the above is just marketing speak for that.

Hello HN! I started this project a few years ago when I was unfortunately rejected by Codecademy for a software engineering position for the 3rd time. I love coding, and I love helping others learn to code. In my spare time I volunteer at Justice Through Code (https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/justicethroughcode), which helps previously incarcerated people re-enter the workforce. If you're passionate about helping others learn to code, it's a great program to check out.

Recently, I've added a chatGPT powered assistant to Codeamigo, to help learners when they get stuck. Someone in the ed-tech space once told me that over 95% of learners quit once they reach an error that they can't recover from. I hope that we can use AI to assist experts and learners alike.

If you're interested in trying out the demo: https://codeamigo.dev/v2/lesson/hello-codeamigo/step/intro

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How about binary before Python?

Thanks for checking it out!

"Today, GitHub Copilot is behind an average of 46 percent of a developers' code across all programming languages -- and in Java, that number jumps to 61 percent." - https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/02/15/copilot...

I'm leveraging this to build https://codeamigo.dev. Basically it's learn to code, but with an AI assistant. The main reason people drop off of coding tutorials or stop learning is when they see their first error message. I'm already seeing people get un-stuck by using the AI as an assistant, this tech (GPT) is going to completely revolutionize learning.

This really seems like a huge Solution in Search of a Problem. The problems he mentions are:

1. you have to fumble with your phone to look something up

2. you sometimes bump into other people on the street looking at your phone

3. screens are bad

Are those really big problems? Are they big enough that I need to learn how to interact with an entirely new interface? It's obviously incredible technology, but I just don't see people walking around with these things and talking to them.

The founder admitted his mistake and the ex-intern's site is back up and running https://riju.codes/. I'm personally a fan of both Amjad's (CEO) and Radon's (intern) and realize that everyone makes mistakes. It's not a reason to discount the hard work of the people at replit.

I’m working on this concept with https://codeamigo.dev

AI is such a wonderful tutor/assistant/teacher. I feel like we’re just scratching the surface so far with what skills we can develop with it.

Hey Tuchsen!

Thanks so much for the feedback, no need to apologize for the mind dump, it's all really helpful!

I think AI will be the greatest personal assistant humans will ever have, and we're just scratching the surface with autocomplete. Nice point about not having AI be the star of the show, it needs to be a helping hand when needed, but not overly obtrusive, it's a fine line to balance.

In New York City we also have an impressive Tree Map that not many know about: https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/

Born and raised in Manhattan. Live in Brooklyn. When I’m returning home I say I’m “going back to the city”. When I’m in Brooklyn going to Manhattan I say “going into the city”.

Thanks everyone for reading the story and the investigators for figuring out the real runway!

My grandfather is an amazing man, storyteller, and my personal hero. He was an ad photographer in the mad men era. You can see some of his photographs here: https://condenaststore.com/collections/leonard+nones

I believe he started flying in his late 30s/early 40s so it would be around the early 1970s.

Edit: I just asked him (he’s at the dentist) and he said around 1980, guess I was wrong about when he started flying!

I hope you’re a writer because this was a hilarious comment. Thank you.

I definitely wouldn’t say it’s the “best” open source project but my side project https://github.com/codeamigo/codeamigo is a full stack project written in TypeScript and I’m happy to answer any questions you have about it. Full project here: https://codeamigo.dev

Can someone explain how Apollo makes money? GraphQL via Apollo is essentially my default API and yet I've never sent these guys a dime.

You mostly hear about the people that are upset with things. Not those that are complicit.

I think viewership would increase for Portugal vs Argentina though.

Try out Tailwind Toucan and let me know what you think! https://codeamigo.dev/lessons/243

For Tailwind I put together "Tailwind Toucan" on my side project https://codeamigo.dev/lessons/243. Warning: it touches on more than flexbox.

I was working 4 days a week.

I started out at 5. Left the company and stayed in touch with the CEO. The CEO asked me if I was interested in returning and I agreed with the stipulation I could work 4 days a week, so I could work 1 day a week on my side project.

Cool! I'll check this out and add it to the lesson :)