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Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by rachel-ftw on Monday March 16, 2026 @08:58AM (#47398405)
Claude has a teacher mode where it will ask you questions.

I’m picking up game dev in my spare time. I’m not letting Claude write any of the code. We talk through the next task, I take a run at it, then when I’m stuck I got back and talk through where the problems are.

It’s slower than just letting Claude do it, obviously. Plus you do need to be a bit disciplined - Claude will gladly do it for you when you start getting tired. I am picking it up through, and not getting bogged down in the beginner ‘impossible feeling bugs you can’t figure out bc you’re learning and don’t fully understand everything yet’ stage.

Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by boogieknite on Monday March 16, 2026 @11:40AM (#47400471)
thanks for the heads up. wasnt aware of teacher mode but always phrase prompts to "teach me" as a shortcut to get claude to explain everything its offering and prevent from just implementing code
Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by giardini on Monday March 16, 2026 @12:49PM (#47401465)
Are you speaking of Claude's "learning mode" which switches it to a Socratic dialogue mode?

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/claudes-new-learning-modes-take...

Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by Computer0 on Monday March 16, 2026 @07:34PM (#47406548)
I had assumed they were referencing the "Learning Output Style"

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/output-styles

Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by arvid-lind on Monday March 16, 2026 @02:00PM (#47402467)
I've been using Claude Code since last summer and had no idea about the learning mode. Between the old features i've missed and all the new features to learn weekly, if not daily, I'm starting to accept I'll never catch up.
Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by Bombthecat on Monday March 16, 2026 @09:57PM (#47407659)
You could use the learning mode for that!

Badabum tas :)

Re:Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these... by mattfrommars on Monday March 16, 2026 @06:19PM (#47405778)
I find Gemini 'guided learning' to be very good as a Leetcode teacher. I finally been able to understand dynamic programming and have become better.