I Built Two AI Tools. The Second One Told Me How I Should Be Learning AI. (opens in new tab)

The Problem TeachSim taught me LangGraph because the bot had to actually work, with real conversations running through it. GitHub Digest taught me about silent failure modes the same way, by breaking quietly until I went and figured out why. Both stuck because I needed the concept to function, not because I sat down and studied it first. I already tried the conventional route once. (It probably applies to everything I do and learn throughout my life.) I opened Anthropic's own intro course for...