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saidnooneevertoday at 1:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

comment section is quite critical/harsh? for no good reason?

I think this is an awesome project for them both. And it's totally understandable to use an LLM for the base project as it's a 'fun' thing from the read. it doesn't look like it's trying to compete with anything....

The kid can learn within an environment created by parent, so they can also collaborate on improving that environment, while the kid also has their own learning _within_ that environment.

This seems like a wonderfully geeky adventure to go on if ur kid enjoys it :D love it. hope it will spark some cool interactions between them and make some epic memories :)

Also, maybe people forget how it was like back in the day.

I am not _too_ old - pentium 1 was my first PC. I learned making games in PASCAL, QBASIC and later custom C implementations that came with like 'gamemaker ' CDs etc. this was all very complicated to learn at a young age... Had to get many books and things (no internet!) at the PC shop to try and get my head around it. Never quite did until much later in my life!

Sure things like Scratch exists, but this beauty of this one is that this one is _theirs_. Surely we can recognize the enjoyment that might bring to a parent and kids' lives? Learning is a bonus! Not everything is about being technically the best of the best -_- stop being Marines at everyhting. We're not at war with eachother over who writes the best code.

Good use of LLM technology to make a project in my mind. props!


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paul7986today at 1:43 PM

Indeed teach kids today how to properly type into a textbox to create entire web and or mobile digital experiences. Teach them also how to type into a textbox to create songs, graphics, art, etc.

For us it's seems so uninspring because what we are used to is now the old way of digital creation/execution. It's a big change many aren't thrilled with including myself which I should because I can now create all my crazy ideas on my own without hiring back-end or iPhone developers as previously have done for my startups. Yet, i am unspired by this new way even when I used Codex to create a few of my ideas already (soon i will be starting my new healthcare career after 17 years in research/design & web dev).

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12ah6today at 1:33 PM

Top comment is quite naive. With that populist rhetoric you can defend anything.

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