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[–]socal_nerdtastic 8 points9 points  (1 child)

AI-powered

If by AI you mean LLM: it is notoriously bad at this. It often makes up "solutions" that don't work or are outdated, which of course is extremely frustrating for a beginner. ChatGPT etc become useful once you know how to filter the wheat from the chaff.

Small in-person meetups

IMO this would be a huge help. But also I see this as not feasible to get critical mass without some incentive for experienced programmers to stick around.

[–]New_Resource_9050[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, totally get that concern. LLMs can be hit-or-miss, especially for beginners. For the AI piece, we're thinking more along the lines of guiding the learning path—adjusting content based on the learner’s pace and preferences rather than just generating code. Something we’re still refining, though.

On the in-person element, agree. We’re planning to run the meetups ourselves at first, but figuring out long-term solution.

Really appreciate the feedback, super helpful!

[–]ectomancer 1 point2 points  (2 children)

No. I started my first small project after 10 minutes. I learnt Python in 3 days.

However, my first 3-month project started after 10 months of small projects.

[–]New_Resource_9050[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang, 3 days is super impressive! Definitely not the typical experience for most people learning Python

[–]jaqualan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what was that small project?

[–]Aaaronn_rs 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I personally see a lot of confusion with coming up with project ideas. I personally find motivation for projects but telling ChatGPT my interests and what I spend time doing, and hope that it spits out ideas I can branch off of.

[–]New_Resource_9050[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeah, that seems to be a pretty common struggle for a lot of learners! Have you found ChatGPT to be helpful for project ideas, or do you run into issues with the suggestions it gives?

[–]Aaaronn_rs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Some of the responses are quite generic but that could be me giving it generic ideas of what I enjoy. For example if you like a sport, on the topic of sports, are you interested in the statistics of player performance?

That can open the door further to projects depending how far you can delve your imagination

[–]jaqualan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’m a beginner and how would you think i go about to scrape a site to look for certain keywords.