Veteran dev learns to blink an LED with AI's help — and it's humbling
chongdashu · x · 2026-09-09
After seeing posts urging devs to learn hardware because AI is eating software, developer chongdashu tried it as a complete noob: asking AI to teach him the most basic lesson, blinking an LED. The experience was humbling—it took loads of follow-up questions and failures before it worked. His takeaway: it's easy to forget what being brand new to something feels like, and AI-assisted learning still demands heavy iteration.
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