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The AI Pilot · № 05

Wrote Code with AI That Ran

Wrote working code with AI assistance that runs and does something useful, and can explain it line-by-line.

The idea

The trap is shipping code you don't understand. Have your kid read every line of generated code and explain it out loud before they call it done. AI lets non-coders make things, but the kid who can explain the code can debug it, modify it, and own it. Without that, the code is borrowed and breaks the first time anything changes. Read it out loud. That's the bar.

Steps
  1. Pick a real coding task.
  2. Write the code with AI assistance in a real editor.
  3. Read every line. Explain each out loud.
  4. Run it. Fix bugs. Ship.
What counts

Working code your kid can explain line by line that does something useful. A demo and walkthrough are plenty.