alt Hacker NewsI tried writing a plain text wordle loop as a python exercise in loops and lists along with my kid.
I saved the blank file as wordle.py to start the coding while explaining ideas.
That was enough context for github copilot to suggest the entire `for` loop body after I just typed "for"
Not much learning by doing happened in that instance.
Before this `for` loop there were just two lines of code hardcoding some words ..that too were heavily autocompleted by copilot including string constants.
``` answer="cigar" guess="cigar" ```
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I hate aggressive autocomplete like that. One thing to try would be using claude code in your directory but telling it that you want it to answer questions about design and direction when you get stuck, but otherwise never to touch the code itself, then in an editor that doesn't do that you can hack at the problem.
This makes it really hard for juniors to learn, in my experience. When I pair with them I have them turn off that functionality so that we are forced to figure out the problems on our own and get to step through a few solutions that are gradually refined into something palatable.