u/AkindaGood_programer

I got my sophomore schedule a few days ago, and I found out I was put into two band classes. I'm not necessarily opposed to it, and I'm not sure if I could get anything more rigorous (I'm already taking the only AP offered, which is the max rigor in my school lol). I'd definitely prefer a science elective, but those are usually taken by the upperclassmen.

I could potentially switch to less popular electives like some random Movie one, the History of Rock and Roll, etc, but I'm not sure if this would make my schedule more "rigorous".

Extra info:

Planning on majoring in some form of engineering (with the rise of AI, I'm not exactly sure what specifically yet)

I'd really like to get into top engineering schools, MIT ideally (obviously).

I have decent ECs, but I need more awards, lowkey.

I've been pretty heavily invested in the AI news space for a while, but due to budget constraints, I never really got to test these models.

I bit the bullet once DeepSeek v4 0731 came out and put in twenty dollars. I'd had experience with frontier models through chat window subscriptions, but having an agent was a whole different experience.

I built so many useful tools within a matter of hours for cents, and it really blew me away.

What amazes me more is how general these models are. Not only can I ask it to write code, but also to research, do security audits, etc. I'm not treating these models as gospel (yet); I always check their work.

I've also learned so much using these agents. I've pasted my notes about books I've read and asked it to quiz me to make sure I actually understand the ideas being presented. I finally learned C after procrastinating for months, using agents to get personalized feedback and a roadmap.

I'm also being extremly carful to not off load my critical thinking. Ever since I started using AI, I've made a pledge that, every day, I'll write a 250+ word essay about a topic, without any AI use (and usually search engines). I've also started to read more often. I hope these habits help counteract any cognitive decline that AI use causes.

I feel like I've unlocked the creativity and curiosity that was within me all along.

Every couple of weeks I get amazed just by how versatile these models are. For example, I was doing my daily NYC games, and I was really stumped on Connections (ifykyk). I didn't manage to solve it, but after sending a screenshot to Luna, it got first try (without using the internet). It just amazes me how you can describe almost any problem and get a reasonable-sounding answer/output.

I've been using Obsidian over the summer to take notes on books and any ideas I have.

Anytime I create a new note, after I finish writing it, I always get a huge hit of dopamine when I look at the graph. It's incentivized me to take more notes and write down my ideas.

Has anyone else experienced this lol?

I'm honestly not sure who they are. Dewier is going to be up there, obviously; maybe Kryptoke and EREEN?

I truly believe that the next 50 years will be the most insane half-century in human history; it's crazy that we are living through it. Think about the world 50 years ago. 1976. No internet, no phones, computers that weigh hundreds of pounds. Technology is only developing faster and faster. I believe that in ten thousand years, the twenty-first century will be remembered as one of the most pivotal centuries in human history.

Just for funsies, I'll write out some of the technology we will all get to experience in the future.

1. Anti-aging

Imagine a 70‑year‑old getting a once‑every‑few‑years treatment that restores their muscles, immune system, and cognition to something like 50, and doing that repeatedly over decades. This is not science fiction. The first human trial for technology like this happened this year.

2. AI

I know that AI is actively looked down upon on this subreddit, but I also think that this is a transformational technology. Like anything, it has its downsides. Imagine a genie that can grant any wish; within the next 50 years, this technology will be available. Imagine the insane shit people start to make. Personalized medicine, a fix to climate change, and new scientific discoveries in every field.

3. Advanced Robotics

Imagine you having a plumbing issue, and instead of calling up a plumber, you simply ask your advanced AI robot to fix the issue. Imagine never having to do lawn work or laundry. Imagine colonizing the galaxy not with humans, but robots.

4. Space travel

Since 1970, the cost to put 1 kilogram in space has dropped to close to $20,000. I do believe that humans will set foot on Mars in our lifetime, and that space travel will become extremely cheap. Imagine that instead of going to Florida on vacation, you decide to go to a space hotel.

It's up to us to make sure we don't fuck up the world while in the meantime while the real geniuses build this technology. Of course there will be risks, and not everything will go to plan, but I really believe that the world is about to get a whole lot better.

Have you ever wanted to live through humans discovering fire, or the Industrial Revolution? Well, you are in luck; we are experiencing something with a similar impact.

I can't fucking wait.

I updated my BIOS today and needed to log back into Microsoft (as per usual) to get back into Windows. When I tried to log in using my password (as I normally do), I was unable and needed to "verify my identity" by getting an email verification code. After Microsoft supposedly sent the email, I didn't get it.

I don't have any filters; I checked my spam and tried everything to get this email. I'm decently sure that Microsoft just doesn't send the email for whatever reason.

Now, you may ask why can't I use two factor/phone number. I can't because to change those settings, I need to also "verify my identity" through email.

I literally can't use my computer because of this issue.

Last night, my girlfriend broke up with me. It was not how I expected. She has been leaving me on read/delivered for days, and I seriously asked if we were breaking up.

I never really did get an answer to whether we were breaking up, but slowly, by the end of the conversation, I asked what we were, and she said, "Friends". Anytime I asked her if we were breaking up, she said something along the lines of "I don't know how I feel" or "You've given me so many great memories/experiences". According to her, she still very much admires me as a person and dumbass shit like that.

It just honestly fucking sucks. Literally every day, I spent all my free time thinking about her and how to make her happy. I messaged her every day, through her lows and highs. I sacrificed time with everyone around me for her. I tried to do everything right.

I don't know why I thought this, but I always believed that if I truly tried my best, and loved her, and cared about her, we'd stay together. I guess I was wrong.

When she said we were friends, I asked what I did wrong. She said that "I was confused and didn't know what to do".

Everything just fucking sucks.

My now ex-girlfriend of 7 months just broke up with me. I know 7 months probably isn't a long time compared to people in this sub, but I'm still a teenager, and this was my first relationship.

I don't want to write out the full story of me and her, but I'll write some.

On the last day of school last year (2024-2025), my crush (and my future girlfriend) randomly started talking to me. I was always (and still am) a nerd, and to me, she was way out of my league. Due to me not having a phone, I decided to email her (cringy, I know).

We talked a little over that summer, but she ended up ghosting me. Then the school year started, and I was over her. Slowly but surely, she crept back into my life, and eventually we became flirty friends. I asked her out the day before Halloween in 2025. I didn't know how relationships worked at the time, and expected to become boyfriend/girlfriend right away.

Turns out, I was wrong. She said she was not ready for a relationship. After talking and pretty much becoming a couple over the next 2 months, she asked if I wanted to be her boyfriend the day before we left for Christmas break. I was in love.

Before I write this next part, I want to mention that she has some mental and physical health problems, something I was not prepared for. Almost routinely for the next 4 months, there would be a week+ where I expected her to break up wth me. This was usually due to academic stress and sickness (according to her, and even now I'm not sure if I believe her).

Up to this point, things were going okay besides the average bad week each month. It seemed like she loved me. There were a couple of hiccups here and there. She got her friend's birthday presents, but no Valentine's Day gift for me (I got her one). She didn't want to sit with me during lunch (because she was "shy"), etc.

The biggest change happened around May 2026. She started avoiding me during school, and I noticed a shift in her texting style. I'd chalk up most of this to stress about academics and such. The year ended on a high note with her gifting me a personal gift and us saying I love you to each other for the first time.

Things started to get weird around mid-June. We started talking less; she never said I love you, and pretty much just stopped showing affection. As I mentioned earlier, she has mental health problems, so I chalked it up to that.

I made sure to check in every day and make sure she was okay (Even if I never got a response).

In late June, I had to go to camp for two weeks. I had gotten a Light Phone, so I was only able to text her. The first sign to her not wanting to be with me anymore was not responding to my message that I was leaving for camp, and ignoring my messages during camp (According to her, she had my "notifications off").

In the one day I had in between camps, I hacked my Light Phone specifically so I could install Instagram (our normal platform to talk on). I got ignored completely over this week. I saw that she was online, but never responded to my messages (this was not normal; even during her off-weeks, she always still responded to me at the minimum).

After I got home from camp, I messaged her every day, making sure everything was okay. I didn't get a response until 5+ days later because she was taking a "social media break". Which I fully supported, and I was expecting things to return back to semi-normal.

Things did not return to semi-normal. She continued to never respond, and when I asked to talk, she pretty much said she didn't have the time/was busy. After about 2 weeks of messaging her almost every day, checking in on her, etc I just reached my breaking point. What pushed me over the edge was that she blocked me on one of her accounts (presumably to keep using Instagram without me knowing, but the actual reason is unknown).

I mentioned that I noticed that she blocked me and asked if she was breaking up with me. Later that day, I got a response. We started talking, and anytime I mentioned us, she would always say something along the lines of "You've given me so many great memories/experiences" and "I really don't know how I feel" (Obvious bullshit; why were you ignoring me for a couple of weeks?). After talking to her a bit, I asked what we were. I guess she realized I wasn't going to break up with her, so she said friends. I was very much expecting this; the little bit of hope I had was crushed during the conversation.

I'm cutting out a lot of detail, but hopefully this covers it lol. Now we'll get to how I feel.

If anything, I feel empty on the inside. I don't really feel sad or angry yet, more just a hole where something used to be. Anytime I'm left to my own thoughts, my mind wanders to her again, and I have to force myself to stop thinking about her (Before the breakup, I would often think about her, so it's a big habit change). I'm guessing in the next couple of days it will get harder, but how could I know?

A part of me feels like I had already crystallized the breakup long ago, when she first stopped responding to my messages. I'm probably in denial or something right now lol.

It just sucks because every day, through my own hardship, I showed up for her. Every day I made sure she was okay. Every day I thought about her in every little bit of free time I had. Now I wonder if she ever really loved me.

To whoever read all of this, thank you. I'm sorry if this isn't well written; I'm writing this at 2 AM, after the breakup, and somehow a lot and nothing is going through my head.

My now ex-girlfriend of 7 months broke up with me tonight. It wasn't how I expected; I had to coax it out of her.

She was pretty much leaving me on delivered and read for days at a time. After she blocked me on one of her accounts (presumably so it looked like she hadn't been online on the others) I reached my breaking point and asked if she was breaking up with me.

After finally getting into a conversation with her today, I kept asking "Do you want to be in this relationship?" over and over, and she kept responding with "I don't know how I feel" and "You've given me so many great memories". I already know it was over.

By the end of our conversation, I asked what we were, and after a couple of dumb responses, she said friends (which I was expecting).

Now on to how I feel:

Her silence was weighing on me more than I realized, and now it feels like it all lifted off my shoulders. I don't really feel sad or angry, more just different (I might've accepted that she no longer liked me when she started not responding to me). I guess we'll have to wait a few days to see how I actually feel.

I unfollowed her main account, and pretty much just changed everything that even slightly reminded me of her, to hopefully help me get over this.

Honestly, what are you guys' thoughts on this? In retrospect, she's never really been a great GF (avoiding me in school, calling her male friends but not me, never prioritizing me, etc), and honestly I feel pretty good right now. I thought I'd feel sad, but not really.

I've noticed in my time on this planet that girls are always looking at me or throwing glances at me. It always makes me uncomfortable. I'm not staring at them or anything, just out of the corner of my eye, I notice them looking, yk.

It always makes me super uncomfortable, and I never look back.

For example, today I was at a public place, and someone of a similar age to me kept turning her head, looking directly at me.

Reddit, I'm very confused, please help me.

I've seen a lot of different opinions on this sub about whether vibe coding should be allowed, etc.

I'll state my personal opinion about it here; feel free to pick it apart, and I'll answer any questions.

I think that vibe coding is generally not a bad thing. I've used AI tools to make study apps for school when I'm not looking to learn anything new, or to hone my skills. I don't think any of these use cases are generally bad.

The problem with vibe coding on this subreddit is that you're not really showing off what you've made. I think there should be a flag marked "vibe coded" if something has been fully generated with AI.

It's not r/teenprogrammingprojects; it's r/teenagersbutcode. We are focusing on the CODE part, not the final result. This subreddit is not about the final result; it's about the journey you took to get there.

I honestly think AI tools are one of the greatest possible tools to learn. I think that on this subreddit we should encourage proper AI use for learning.

Not asking the AI to solve problems for you, but to help teach you new concepts that are difficult to understand on your own.

I've personally learned C, using AI not to write the code, but to tutor me.

I also think that using AI partially should be allowed (with maybe a separate flag), as I feel like even if you don't write 100% of the code, you still designed how the system should work, and overall wrote the project.

I feel like people not embracing AI at least for learning purposes are severely missing out, not just for programming, but life in general.

I've been trying to install Spotify on my Lightphone for a while now, and can't seem to find a working tutorial. Is there a way to do this on the latest update?

Lowkey just wondering if this is just me. I'm usually sad I don't have someone I can geek out about stuff over with...

In recent weeks, I've become a lot more involved in AI research and AI safety. I think it's crucial that we create AI safety regulation, specifically against superintelligence.

People doubt what AI can do, but they have no clue what it's actually capable of CURRENTLY. An AI system at Google recently used AI to find new drugs that actually worked for leukemia. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10644-y (Nature is one of the biggest and most trusted science journals in the world)

People claim that AIs don't have real intelligence, but what would you say to someone who could write almost perfect code, do groundbreaking medical research? We would call them a genius!

I'm not some AI hype tech bro, I want superintelligence to stop being developed until a widespread scientific consensus is reached that it can be done safely. Even if it's impossible, then so what? We banned an impossible thing!

Even though LLMs don't "think" like humans, that doesn't make them any less capable. Intelligence does not need to be based on our brains.

What are your guys' thoughts?

From my limited time on this subreddit, I've seen a lot of posts about AI art, and not many about AI safety, which is what I believe by far the biggest issue with AI is.

We are getting closer to RSI (Recursive Self-Improvement). I don't think LLMs will ever become AGI, but the machines they build will.

The programming side of AI is insane. You can describe ANYTHING, and it will pretty much build it on the first try. Want a Minecraft clone? Done. Want a full-stack app ready to be deployed and make money? Done.

As a software engineer myself, this is absolutely crazy.

I truly believe that LLMs (with some human guidance) will create the next big type of AI/AGI and will begin to recursively self-improve.

This could be the end of humanity as a whole, let alone artists. Even without a hypothetical Terminator-style "war," millions of jobs will be lost. Think about every job that can be done remotely.

Don't think blue-collar jobs are safe either. Robots are advancing at an even more rapid pace than AI. Within 2-3 years, we went from humanoid robots that couldn't walk to humanoid robots that can do martial arts and break dance.

Please stop focusing on AI art (for now) until we get some AI safety regulations. What is your guys' opinion on this?

Hey all,

A couple of weeks ago, I (15M) got hit in the head, specifically, by some dumb kid backing into me while playing basketball. My mother is a nurse, and I explained the situation, and I was not experiencing any symptoms, so I lowkey brushed it off.

I finished all my assignments and finals, and I was doing great! A day or two after summer break started, the real symptoms started. I feel so tired, sometimes have a headache, and have major brain fog.

I told my parents everything here, and they said it's probably because I'm not as tired as I used to be, and I'm not sleeping as well, or that I'm not getting the same amount of exercise that I used to, which I would expect, but it's been almost two weeks with these symptoms.

The problem is, I am at the top of my class, and am a teen engineer, and I'm really scared about losing my intelligence. I took an IQ test online (as I had taken one before I got hit in the head) and scored 15 points less.

I'm not really having trouble focusing or solving LeetCode problems (programming problems), but I always feel sosososo tired, with a lot of brain fog, and I can't sleep well. I feel like I'm hyperanalyzing my brain, so every time I forget something I remember it, and I'm like "Just another example of how I'm stupid now".

Will this ever go away? Am I cooked for life?

Hey all!

I'm writing this post to ask all of you what I should study over the summer! I finished last year at the top of my class (By a full 0.2 points!)!

My goal is to go to a top engineering school. What do you guys think I should study/do over the summer? I already have many personal engineering projects I'm doing, but on the academics side, I'm wondering what I should do.

Should I study for the 10 PSAT, study for my one AP class next year (It's the only one my school offers 😞), study for the SAT, or just enjoy my summer lol.

Thanks for any advice!

I see many people around me who want to become lawyers/doctors, and to me, it does not make sense. The insane amount of debt will hurt you for years and years after you've already become a doctor/lawyer. It is also insanely competitive to become a lawyer/doctor, and if you don't succeed, then you'll be stuck at a much lower-paying job for years to come.

To me, any form of engineering clearly seems like one of the best paths you can take. You can get a simple bachelor's degree, and if you're good enough/worked hard enough, get a very well-paying job right out of the boat, which will PAY for your master's and PHD onward.

Engineering jobs care more about skill rather than schooling.

I lowkey just want to know your guys' reasoning behind wanting to pursue these goals. Ignore the second paragraph if you so choose, because I am very biased.

I understand that people want to do these jobs, and yeah, if you really like helping people and love biology, then become a doctor. I think it's insane for people to become a doctor/lawyer purely for pay/prestige.

The burnout rates of these professionals are INSANE. You could also get sued if you mess up as a doctor/lawyer, it's just insane to me.