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Recommended Reading: “The Law of Leaky Abstractions” by Joel Spolsky original ↗

25 Sept 2026

LLMs Are Not Like Compilers original ↗

18 Sept 2026

How Do We Assess Understanding in the Age of Slop?original ↗

11 Sept 2026

I Don’t Really Trust Surveys original ↗

4 Sept 2026

AI Literacy, Shame, and Nuance original ↗

28 Aug 2026

Recommended Reading: “To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain” by Scott K. Johnson original ↗

21 Aug 2026

Writing Code on Paper Is Good Actually original ↗

14 Aug 2026

People Don’t Like to Be Deceived (by AI)original ↗

7 Aug 2026

Generative AI in Education is Pay-to-Lose original ↗

31 Jul 2026

My First “I Have a Toddler” Moment original ↗

24 Jul 2026

LLMs Got Everyone Sounding the Same Now original ↗

17 Jul 2026

6v6 Overwatch Is a Joke original ↗

10 Jul 2026

I Genuinely Don’t Understand Why People Tolerate Hallucinations in AI original ↗

3 Jul 2026

Human Review of AI Output Is Not the Path Forward original ↗

26 Jun 2026

I Made the Mistake of Visiting the Vibe Coding Subreddit original ↗

19 Jun 2026

You’ve Fallen for the Red/Blue Button Trap original ↗

12 Jun 2026

Another Year, Another Japan Trip original ↗

5 Jun 2026

The Importance of Getting Summers Off original ↗

29 May 2026

Practicing My Toddler-like Japanese in Japan original ↗

15 May 2026

Even My Charitability Has Limits original ↗

8 May 2026

Thoughts on the Red Button vs. Blue Button Debate original ↗

1 May 2026

What Happens When I’m Forced to Teach AI?original ↗

24 Apr 2026

Giving Up Before Even Starting original ↗

17 Apr 2026

You Will Never Learn a Language With Duolingo original ↗

10 Apr 2026

The Cult of Efficiency Is a Plague original ↗

27 Mar 2026

Missing the Forest for the Trees: Why You Struggle to Solve Problems original ↗

20 Mar 2026

What It Feels Like to Be a Toddler Again: Learning a Language original ↗

13 Mar 2026

Things I Don’t Want AI To Help Me With original ↗

6 Mar 2026

Why I Rebel Against the Use of Generative AI original ↗

28 Feb 2026

Buying a House Sucks original ↗

20 Feb 2026

Smug Yet Unserious original ↗

13 Feb 2026

32 College Stories That Always Make Friends Laugh original ↗

5 Feb 2026

Why Does == Sometimes Work on Integer Objects in Java?original ↗

30 Jan 2026

Online Exams Might Be Cooked original ↗

23 Jan 2026

Encouraging Attendance With Peer Instruction original ↗

16 Jan 2026

Conspiracy Theory: All Pro Sports Are Rigged Now original ↗

9 Jan 2026

Reflecting on My Teaching Journey Heading into 2026 original ↗

2 Jan 2026

2025

I Hate That Student Feedback Is Now Reviewed by Machine Learning original ↗

26 Dec 2025

Not All Code Completion Is Generative AI original ↗

19 Dec 2025

AI Haters Stay Winning: What It’s Like to Be Constantly Vindicated original ↗

12 Dec 2025

Computer Science Career Advice in 2026? Your Guess Is as Good as Mine original ↗

5 Dec 2025

Why I Don’t Record My Lectures original ↗

28 Nov 2025

Should You Use Git on Personal Projects No One Will Ever See?original ↗

21 Nov 2025

The Era of Narks Is Upon Us original ↗

14 Nov 2025

Recapping My First In-Person Academic Conference original ↗

7 Nov 2025

Theseus’s PC: Eight Years of Changes to One Man’s Machine original ↗

31 Oct 2025

Nobody Wants to Have Kids original ↗

24 Oct 2025

Experimenting With Hidden Prompts on Exams original ↗

17 Oct 2025

Another Year, Another Hacktoberfest original ↗

10 Oct 2025

I’m Learning a Language, and I’m Tired original ↗

3 Oct 2025

Yes, You Need General Education in College original ↗

26 Sept 2025

Higher Education Should Not Be a Job Training Program original ↗

19 Sept 2025

Why Generative AI Makes the Future of Software Development Worse original ↗

12 Sept 2025

Technology Will Not Liberate Us original ↗

5 Sept 2025

The Future of AI Is Ubiquitous Surveillance original ↗

29 Aug 2025

Y’all Need to Stop Using Generative AI for Summaries original ↗

22 Aug 2025

Loop Invariants Are Necessary for Writing Proper Loops original ↗

15 Aug 2025

Dark Arts: Labeled Statements in Java original ↗

8 Aug 2025

Gamification Will Not Solve “America’s Education Crisis”original ↗

1 Aug 2025

“Just Ask Chat”: The Evolution of an Isolating Mantra original ↗

25 Jul 2025

Life Update: I’m Doing Well original ↗

18 Jul 2025

The Worst Use Cases for Generative AI That Are Already Mainstream original ↗

11 Jul 2025

ChatGPT Is Stack Overflow for the Lazy and Helpless original ↗

4 Jul 2025

The Acceleration of the Enshittification of Everything original ↗

27 Jun 2025

4 Values We Have to Stop Pushing in Engineering Education original ↗

20 Jun 2025

Generative AI Has a Short Shelf Life original ↗

13 Jun 2025

Reflecting on My First Trip to Japan original ↗

6 Jun 2025

SB1 Is the Death of Higher Education in Ohio original ↗

30 May 2025

No, Generative AI Is Not Just Another Innovation original ↗

23 May 2025

Generative AI Makes It Feel Bad to Be an Educator original ↗

16 May 2025

The Problem With Centrism: A Case Study original ↗

9 May 2025

Reflecting on My First Two Years as a Lecturer original ↗

2 May 2025

Why I Left Twitter original ↗

25 Apr 2025

A Case Study on the Philosophy of Software Design original ↗

18 Apr 2025

Inside the Mind of an Engineer: How to Make Societal Issues Worse original ↗

4 Apr 2025

How Attack on Titan Undermines Its Own Message original ↗

28 Mar 2025

Migrating to Poetry 2.x With Some Best Practices original ↗

21 Mar 2025

Maybe Generative AI Is Just a Symptom of a Broader Problem in Tech original ↗

7 Mar 2025

It’s Time to Collect Mid-Semester Feedback original ↗

1 Mar 2025

2024: Year in Review original ↗

21 Feb 2025

Is Anyone Else Bothered by How Quickly We Adopted Generative AI?original ↗

14 Feb 2025

31 Lessons Learned as a New Dad original ↗

5 Feb 2025

So You’re Not Sure If Computer Science Is for You original ↗

31 Jan 2025

You Should Give Open-Ended Projects to Your Students original ↗

24 Jan 2025

How to Move Your Extensions Folder in VS Code original ↗

17 Jan 2025

Sample Programs Repo Celebrates 1,000 Code Snippets original ↗

10 Jan 2025

Canvas Is Not Built With Educators in Mind original ↗

3 Jan 2025

2024

Workshopping a Tier List Generator original ↗

20 Dec 2024

No, The GRE Should Not Be Reinstated original ↗

13 Dec 2024

Summarizing My Dissertation for the Layman original ↗

6 Dec 2024

9 Things I Wish I Knew About Doctoral Programs original ↗

29 Nov 2024

I Successfully Completed My PhD in Engineering Education original ↗

22 Nov 2024

So You Want to Be a University Educator original ↗

15 Nov 2024

Looking Forward to the Future original ↗

8 Nov 2024

Unpacking the Jargon Around Compilers, Interpreters, and More original ↗

1 Nov 2024

What Are Type Hints in Python?original ↗

25 Oct 2024

The Problem Enums Are Intended to Solve original ↗

18 Oct 2024

What Is Unit Testing in Python?original ↗

11 Oct 2024

What Is a Function in Python?original ↗

4 Oct 2024

What Is Operator Overloading in Python?original ↗

27 Sept 2024