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What I learned building an AI tutor that helps you learn Programming

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I've been building an AI tutor for beginner programming exercises. The hardest part wasn't the AI. It was deciding what a tutor shouldn't do. A general-purpose model will solve a beginner exercise in a second. The exercise passes and the student has learned almost nothing, because the learning was…

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  1. 2026-10-18 06:46 · DEV Community — AI
    What I learned building an AI tutor that helps you learn Programming

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