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Eric Matthes
Personal blog · mostlypython.substack.comprogrammingaicareer
Eric Matthes writes Mostly Python, a personal blog at mostlypython.substack.com about programming, ai and career. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “ChatGPT is not a reliable teacher”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post arguing that ChatGPT is not a reliable teacher. The one comment cites it in support of its own point about ChatGPT's reliability versus the owners tuning the algorithm.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I write mostly about Python, and other topics that come up in the course of my programming and writing work. New posts on Thursdays, and some Tuesdays as well.
Most-linked posts?
- ChatGPT is not a reliable teacher3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-02-08
- Reading Code2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-19
What Hacker News says?
Charlie Guo - Artificial Ignorance. I don't have time to keep up with everything going on in the AI world, and Charlie's writeups each week keep me up to date enough to not feel lost. Shameless plug, I write Mostly Python, so I read that many times before it hits my inbox. :) https://www.ignorance.ai https://mostlypython.substack.com
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?”Submitted Don't Start with Unit Tests as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'd be a lot more concerned that ChatGPT is not a reliable teacher ( https://mostlypython.substack.com/p/chatgpt-is-not-a-reliabl... ) before I worry that the owners of ChatGPT put their fingers on the algorithm (that they wrote)'s scale.
Comment linking /p/chatgpt-is-not-a-reliable-teacher
on “Ask HN: ChatGPT tells people what they should be thinking. Is this good or bad?”Submitted You don't need to remember everything as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted ChatGPT is not a reliable teacher as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Searching for quick answers: Stack Overflow, ChatGPT, or other sites? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Transitioning Out of the “Beginner” Mindset as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Go Face Bears as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reading Code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reading Code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Value of “Small” Contributions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Grounding yourself as a programmer in the AI era as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Improving code blocks in Substack newsletters as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Yes, you should still learn to code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making sense of the AI we're being sold as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Resuming work on a stale project as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ChatGPT is not a reliable teacher as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tracking down a bug: is it mine, or is it theirs? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Improving medical students' lives with code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I'm still using Python as a story · 1 points
HN discussion