PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners
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6 hours ago
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Mr-Frog
1 hour ago
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I was looking for something like this. I used to use Replit to teach code (even integrated it into discussion sections when I was a TA) but they absolutely destroyed the product with AI vibecoding integrations over the past year.
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JawadR
7 minutes ago
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I'm glad you liked it! I initially designed it as an alternative to replit, taking an anti-AI approach instead of their AI-first approach
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Wowfunhappy
51 minutes ago
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On Firefox, when I run code that uses input, I get:

> RuntimeError: The service worker for reading input isn't working. Try closing all this site's tabs, then reopening. If that doesn't work, try using a different browser.

Is this a Firefox problem?

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crashabr
32 minutes ago
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It would be great to be able to share an attached terminal as well, as a lot of action happens there when programming.
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JawadR
6 minutes ago
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This is something I have on my roadmap!
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derekcheng08
3 hours ago
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Pretty cool! Always struck me as odd that the IDE has largely remained single-player for 40 years.
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grim_io
1 hour ago
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It looks great, but does it have a debugger?

Stepping through loops and visualizing in real time how the variables change is indispensable for teaching how programming in general works.

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JawadR
5 minutes ago
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This is something I am also going to add for sure. I'm looking for a nice open-source python debugger I can easily integrate
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pryelluw
3 hours ago
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Organizer of Python Atlanta here. This looks really nice. I’ll share it in our meetup next week. If you want to reach out and maybe give me some pointers feel free to reach out at hello@pyatl.dev
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koteelok
3 minutes ago
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AI slop cashgrab
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JawadR
1 minute ago
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its free wdym
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jtwaleson
2 hours ago
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This is awesome! I'm also working on something like real-time collaboration on codebases, but nothing as freehand as this, really inspiring!
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29athrowaway
1 hour ago
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Wowfunhappy
51 minutes ago
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For education, having something browser-based is extremely helpful. As is having a much more minimalist interface.
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