Michael Parker

@michaelparker
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I’m seeing an epidemic of learned helplessness in programming. Students are learning to prompt, not code.

Core skills like debugging are fading. AI should be a tool, not a crutch. We need devs who don't freeze at a blank page.

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/15

#Programming #SoftwareEngineering #ComputerScience #AI #LearningToCode #Developers #TechEducation #Coding #Learning #CS

An Epidemic of Learned Helplessness

Ok ok ok, I have a feeling this article might be a divisive one, and I accept that the people I speak to often have similar views to me, but I think w

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Made a small web game. Each day your given two words that people mix up. this might be due to similar meaning, sounds or spelling and you need to select the right sentence. Build a streak Almost Synonyms today! 🔥

https://almostsynonyms.com

Almost Synonyms — Daily Word Game

Can you tell the difference between almost-synonyms? Play one quick question a day and build your streak.

Every wanted to make your own #IOT RGB smart lights. I made a small program to host a flask site on a #raspberry pi zero W with a RGB strip. here a article iv written on how to set it up.

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/12

#programming #coding #raspberrypi

How to Build a Smart RGB LED Strip Controller with a Raspberry Pi Zero W

So this is a bit different. In a recent live stream, we coded an RGB strip light web control system using an old Raspberry Pi Zero W. After the strea

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So a friend of mine had a great playlist but uses YT music for some reason. anyhow i ended up making a little command line tool to convert it to a spotify playlist https://github.com/micfun123/YT_To_Spotify

#music #coding #spotify

GitHub - micfun123/YT_To_Spotify

Contribute to micfun123/YT_To_Spotify development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

How to Ask Programming Questions Online (A Small Rant)

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/11

How to Ask Programming Questions Online (A Small Rant)

I hang around on many programming servers, forums, and other chatrooms. While _in person_ you can get away with: > **"Hey mate, can you take a quic

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It's time for a new article. This time, the write-up for my first ever #hackathon ran by Hack Pompey Ltd

#programming #coding #competition

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/10

Hack Pompey 2025. My first hackathon

I want to start by saying Hack Pompey was an absolute blast – thank you so much to the Hack Pompey team and Sea Change for putting this together. I'

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How I made a basic trading bot for both crypto and traditional stocks peaking at a theoretical 65% ROI.
#stocks #crypto #trading #tradingbot #python #StudentDeveloper #Student

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/9

How i made a basic trading bot for stock and crypto

There are two fundamental problems with people. The biggest one is that they sleep. When we are sleeping, we are not making money, and as Warr

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Using ML and AI for stock price prediction. I have written a small article where I have used Pytorch to create an LSTM model for stock prediction. I would appreciate any feedback.

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/8

Using ML and AI for stock price prediction

Welcome back to yet another journey into AI (still highly caffeinated—Yorkshire Tea is the best brand of tea). If you haven't read [my first AI articl

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Welcome to my 52 weeks of madness. I'm attempting to make 52 small projects this year.
https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/6

#programming #code #coding #newyear #article

My 52 Weeks of madness

## 52 Projects in 2025: Join the Challenge! I'm trying to make 52 projects this year. I'm mostly attempting this project to practise coming up wi

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Unlocking the Hidden Knowledge of AI (Fueled by Coffee ☕)

This is the start of my journey from Zero AI knowledge to hopefully publishing a research paper. Come Join the Covo and enjoy.

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/5

#AI #MachineLearning #PyTorch #CodingJourney #TechBlogs #OCR #TensorExplained

My (highly caffeinated) journey to unlock the hidden knowledge of AI.

Welcome to my (highly caffeinated) journey to unlock the hidden knowledge of AI. I have no idea how AI or ML works but I have been invited to join

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