Charlie Meyer

ChatGPT, the Abacus, and Education

This post was originally published on blog.charliemeyer.co Introduction I’ve remained skeptical of AI code generation for a long time, until I began chatting with ChatGPT last week. It effortlessly worked through problems in Java, Python, C++, and helped me solve a configuration issue in Pickcode’s backend.

Code Doesn't Happen to You

This post was originally published on blog.charliemeyer.co Introduction While teaching new programmers, I have observed two attitudes: 1. A machine deterministically executes source code according to language semantics and existing library code. Programs achieve the goal of the programmer when they produce correct outputs on all valid inputs.