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The skeptic in me wonders if this is just an advertisement campaign for "programmable robots".

> I want to show my kids what you can achieve with software development

Have you tried a simple "hello world!" program? That did wonders for me.

> and I think dealing with some physical thing that is controlled by your code is incredible fun

Something physical that is controlled by code? You mean something like a computer maybe? Have you tried setting them up with a linux desktop? Just messing around with the terminal was fascinating enough for me. You type something and this machine responds. Woah!

It seems like you want a toy for your kid? A child will turn anything you give them into a toy. I can't think of a better toy than a desktop computer.

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To a lot of people, what happens in a screen is just “stuff”. They can see “stuff” happening when they play videogames too.

Having something touchable that moves according to what you told it to is very captivating for some people.

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> Having something touchable that moves according to what you told it to is very captivating for some people.

To most people, it's "stuff" too.

Also my response was in reference to children learning software. Not mindlessly clicking guis. Writing, compiling and running "Hello World!" isn't "just stuff".