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Acbart ePortfolio
Personal blog · acbart.github.io/blogprogrammingother
Acbart ePortfolio is a personal blog at acbart.github.io about programming. Since 2019, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Why We Should Teach Python instead of Racket”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-14, and you can follow it by feed.
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Most-linked posts?
- Why We Should Teach Python instead of Racket2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-08-11
What Hacker News says?
> I will say that the people who develop HTDP are the some of the people who spend the most time writing about pedagogy in computing education. I don't think that's really true. Yes, the HTDP community, and Felleisen in particular, write a lot about Pedagogy. But Mark and Mike have them beat handily. Thinking about the CS Ed blogs I read[1], I don't think any HTDP folks have that much compared to others. [1] https:/…
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on “If not SICP, then what? Maybe HTDP?”Submitted Why We Should Teach Python instead of Racket as a story · 36 points
HN discussion> Some research is better than none. Yes, so we should look at the relatively more massive amount of research done for languages like Java, Python, etc. SIGCSE and ICER and ITiCSE are full of them. We've learned a lot - learning is hard :) > Intentionality in the design of a curriculum is better than an ad hoc curriculum. I strongly agree. I wish I could impart to you how involved I am in Instructional Design with m…
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on “Racket: Lisp for Learning”Submitted We should teach Python instead of Racket (at least here) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI had similar thoughts recently, and wrote a somewhat related blog post: https://acbart.github.io/2026/08/23/limited-environments/
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on “The Importance of Limitations for Creativity and Learning (2023)”Submitted Cocopilot: Self-Updating Repository as a story · 1 points
HN discussionRegarding the changes to your grading weights: https://acbart.github.io/2026/04/19/proctored-grades/ Sounds like 50/50 for the distribution? That means you are okay with a student getting a 40% across all your quizzes and then passing the class with a C-?
Comment linking /2026/04/19/proctored-grades/
on “Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao”http://acbart.github.io/blog/ Haven't posted much lately, but that's my blog. Mostly CS Education stuff.
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”