monksdream

I have found ChatGPT a great tool for that sort of task (I study French).

A typical book meant for students trying to improve their reading skills usually starts from a certain level which is fairly high for me currently.

By using an LLM you can tailor-make a story i.e. define your level (“Give me a short story in French, for someone with very limited vocabulary” or “for a seven-year old”) and then adjust accordingly if it’s too easy/hard, ask to use only grammar you have studied (“only using present tense”), pick a familiar topic (“about a someone who studies Physics in college”) etc.

His essays are usually a big pile of “focus on the important things and add value or whatever”-type platitudes. It’s funny that each one has been proofread and revised based on comments from the Who-is-Who in SV, a typical Emperor and His New Clothes situation.

To be fair though, 99% of wisdom books from successful people are like this.

Probably the most indicative part of Norvig's code beauty is the requirements file [0]. With python developers being infamous for importing obscure/questionable libraries for even a simple task, I love how Norvig solved all these with just native libraries and the staples numpy/plt.

[0]: https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/master/requirements.t...