Quoting Matt Webb
Developer Matt Webb used ChatGPT as a patient tutor to learn quaternions for his app, revealing that AI as an interactive mentor can push deeper learning rather than replacing thinking.
Simon Willison · Aug 21, 2026
Developer Matt Webb used ChatGPT as a patient tutor to learn quaternions for his app, revealing that AI as an interactive mentor can push deeper learning rather than replacing thinking.
Andrew Quinn argues that engineers shouldn't fall into 'learning paralysis' from fear of reinventing the wheel; deliberately reinventing four or five wheels is the fastest path to the technical frontier.