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Vibecoding a Typing Test for My Students Was an Act of Self-Advocacy

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Education and Learning

Typing Test

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Education and Learning

Rethinking Education for An Era of Crisis

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  • Education and Learning

    Vibecoding a Typing Test for My Students Was an Act of Self-Advocacy

    October 14, 2026 - By Alex

    Building a custom tool for my classroom was an act of direct self-advocacy and modelling.

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  • Education and Learning

    Typing Test

    October 14, 2026 - By Alex

    I "vibecoded" a clean, lightweight typing test application designed specifically for our assessment needs—and hosted it open-access right here on the blog.

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    Rethinking Education for An Era of Crisis

    October 12, 2026 - By Alex

    Rethinking Education for an Era of Crisis collects six foundational essays about modern pedagogy into a single, beautifully formatted volume.

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  • Education and Learning

    The Hidden Skill Gap Nobody Wants to Talk About

    October 8, 2026 - By Alex

    The big problem isn’t hard skills. What young people lack are very basic skills, which in turn affect their ability to improve all other skills.

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  • Meta & Archive

    What Do You Do When War Is Guaranteed?

    September 30, 2026 - By Alex

    We need to think the unthinkable. That war is guaranteed. Your best chance of getting through this is by preparing for this eventuality.

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  • Systems and Society

    Is It Possible to Fight the Injustice in Family Courts?

    September 27, 2026 - By Alex

    Carla and other women endure great injustice in family courts every day. Still, there is hope that things can change.

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    Berlin is a very dysfunctional city

    October 6, 2025 - By Alex

    It is beyond repair It is not the first time I am ranting about living in Germany. I have been writing about the broken rail system. And when I called Germany an underdeveloped country, many people seemed to agree with me.Now that I have lived in Berlin for one and…

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  • Meta & Archive

    I Designed a Board Game With Generative AI

    July 1, 2025 - By Alex

    since my creative mind never seems to cease, thanks to my ADHD, I have decided, I would like to try my hands on designing a board game, or two, myself. Currently, I have two games in the making. To help me in the process, I have been using generative AI…

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  • Systems and Society

    Casting Your Vote Is Hard, When You Don’t Know Your Values

    February 19, 2025 - By Alex

    Deciding who to vote for seems incredibly difficult on the surface. In Germany, there is a smorgasbord of political parties that want our attention.

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  • Stories and Fiction

    Die Tomate

    February 18, 2025 - By Alex

    Langsam schnitt er die Tomate mit dem Messer auf und entfernte die Kerne aus dem Inneren. Während er die Kerne vorsichtig in den Topf verpflanzte, und mit Erde zudeckte, malte er sich bereits aus wie es sich anfühlen würde, wenn er in wenigen Monaten die ersten Tomaten ernten würde.

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