How many different intro CS courses should we have? A question that resurfaces periodically. This time due to an article in which C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup posits that different audiences would benefit from a different intro treatment for CS. Perennial CS Blogger and friend Alfred Thompson shared his thoughts on the subject here. The thought is that someone who's going into academic CS needs one thing, a software engineer another, a non CS person who could benefit from some programming within their field something else.

The truth is, I don't use those modern AI tools much. I'm not doing much coding and when I do, I've been using Clojure or Elisp - not so mainstream so as to have all sorts of AI support. For writing? I prefer do to it myself. Anything else? Well, to be honest, there's not too much going on in my life where I feel like AI will improve things.

Based on some of the feedback I got on my last post, I thought I'd dive a little deeper on using slide decks. I had some people tell me that they too found that slide decks didn't work for them while others shared that they use them regularly. Still others shared how they specifically used them. Now, as I said, they don't work for me. Sorry if I wasn't clear.