After Weeks of Trying AI for Course Planning, Dev Finds Pen and Paper Works Better
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-09-17
Developer mattpocockuk jokes that after weeks of trying to make AI better at course planning, his new method is notecards, pen, paper and scissors — "turns out not using AI is pretty good." A self-deprecating take on AI's limits in planning tasks.
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