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| Posted: 08:36am 25 Jul 2026 |
My view FWIW
Programming in any language is drudge work. I will readily confess to being a crap programmer and always have been throughout my career in IT. What I am (modesty aside) is a very good systems analyst and particularly system architect. I can design and hold complex systems in my head and "see" interactions, opportunities and issues. At work, this is what I did and I had a team of programmers to do the grunt work.
Now, with AI, that team is no longer needed and I can translate my ideas to an end result by interactively working with the AI and lead it step by step from a proof of concept test to a final result.
My, response to those of you who see AI as a challenge to your hobby is to embrace it, let your creativity take over in envisioning the end result whether it be a game or a pipe bender and use AI to implement your ideas.
Then we come to the python question....
The fact is that AI is better at python that probably any other language. massively better than it is at MMBasic and also, in my experience, much better than it is at C or C++.
I chose to implement a version of Micropython for the Pico Computer 3 because I had one available and it has all the peripherals needed to do pretty much anything. However, the firmware should run on any RP2350B with PSRAM on pin GP47 and a USB/UART connected to GP8/GP9. The HDMI, DS3231, SDcard, Web controller, USB Hub and DAC are nice to have but not essential. If you have one of the Pimoroni RP2350B boards you can try it. Nothing else except the usb/uart needed.
Edited 2026-07-25 18:37 by matherp