Podyallup #95: Oktoberfest!
Oct 2, 2026 · 33 min · 15 segments
Andrew discusses the weekly goings on in and around Puyallup https://podyallup.com Support the Show Show Notes
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Oct 2, 2026 · 33 min · 15 segments
Andrew discusses the weekly goings on in and around Puyallup https://podyallup.com Support the Show Show Notes
You try to type it out from memory.
And I actually made some great improvements on that just recently.
So that's actually one of the things I was working on when I broke all this stuff for my students.
They can earn a couple of points that way, and I actually have a corpus of hundreds of these things that they can use.
Students can earn two points at a time doing that.
They can earn points by completing random readings.
They can earn points by completing... multiple choice questions they can earn points by completing the assigned readings that I give them and there's a certain number of points per thing that they can complete and they have to complete 50 points per week so that keeps them engaged on a daily basis so there's all these different ways they can earn oh there's flashcards too and they can earn points by memorizing some words and then proving that they memorized them over time So lots of ways to earn points, and they can mix and match, and I feel like it gives them lots of choice.
It's really cool.
I'm really proud of myself for making this thing.
And I started it many years ago, actually.
When I first started learning web development, this was my idea.
I was like, this is what I want.
Because the thing that I have is no good.
And it's all proprietary inside Canvas.
It's not portable for me.
I want to make my life easier.
And so naturally, I learned how to program and have sunk probably 1,000 or 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 hours into this thing.
And so...
People think AI is one of these things where you can just push a button and it will give you what you want.
No, you really have to know what you're doing, at least a little bit, and know what you want.
And it's very tempting to let it make a bunch of decisions for you, but those decisions generally are not the right decisions to be made.
It's generally not the thing.
So that's been going pretty good.
You try to type it out from memory.
And I actually made some great improvements on that just recently.
So that's actually one of the things I was working on when I broke all this stuff for my students.
They can earn a couple of points that way, and I actually have a corpus of hundreds of these things that they can use.
Students can earn two points at a time doing that.
They can earn points by completing random readings.
They can earn points by completing... multiple choice questions they can earn points by completing the assigned readings that I give them and there's a certain number of points per thing that they can complete and they have to complete 50 points per week so that keeps them engaged on a daily basis so there's all these different ways they can earn oh there's flashcards too and they can earn points by memorizing some words and then proving that they memorized them over time So lots of ways to earn points, and they can mix and match, and I feel like it gives them lots of choice.
It's really cool.
I'm really proud of myself for making this thing.
And I started it many years ago, actually.
When I first started learning web development, this was my idea.
I was like, this is what I want.
Because the thing that I have is no good.
And it's all proprietary inside Canvas.
It's not portable for me.
I want to make my life easier.
And so naturally, I learned how to program and have sunk probably 1,000 or 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 hours into this thing.
And so...
People think AI is one of these things where you can just push a button and it will give you what you want.
No, you really have to know what you're doing, at least a little bit, and know what you want.
And it's very tempting to let it make a bunch of decisions for you, but those decisions generally are not the right decisions to be made.
It's generally not the thing.
So that's been going pretty good.
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