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This is excellent. I keep telling folks that the superpower of SOTA models is not that they can just generate endless amounts of code in whatever language you want, but also that they can act as a personalized engineering/coding teacher that can help you explain concepts in a way that YOU get.

Cat Hicks@grimalkina.bsky.social

Key to efficient learning is realizing how we ACTUALLY learn, not just what FEELS like learning. I wrote a Claude Skill for some friends to help them think about this and they've liked it -- see Principles for some directions you could explore github.com/DrCatHicks/l...

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This is great! I discovered a couple of learning tricks intuitively but here is a scientific confirmation! I use a Socratic method often when the LLM asks me questions to _guide_ me towards better understanding of a subject. Also I ask to scaffold a project and let me finish it.