[burnto]

I’m guessing we’re similar vintage. My CS classes were like this as well.

The only exception is that when I got into grad level classes we did have some big programming projects. But most of that programming happened on sparc stations, and it was actually just easier and more productive to sit at the machine in person with its nice big (at the time) display with all the other folks doing programming projects. Those machines had the standard dev toolchains provisioned that weren’t easy (at the time) to do on a dorm room Mac or windows computer.

I really think a lot of the ways we can reduce reliance on AI for thinking is to just set up systems where it’s not an inviting or rewarding option.

[asimpletune]

Same. Coding by hand was really, really hard at first, I remember. Then one day it just clicked and it was like I could think so clearly in my head, without making mistakes, and write code that would have compiled by hand during an exam. We would just practice and work for it.

I don't want to be polemic, but I really miss those days.

[burnto]

Yeah writing out code by hand made me slow down and think more.

One thing I recall is that the grading policy made it very clear that minor syntax issues were inconsequential in handwritten answers. And more advanced classes only wanted pseudocode. Which are exactly the right priorities.