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Mark Mahoney
@mark.playbackpress.com
CS professor at Carthage College

Creator of Storyteller and founder at Playback Press
https://markm208.github.io/
https://playbackpress.com/books

I love helping people learn how to read and write code.
Check out this playback:
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or any code playback on #PlaybackPress
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Playback
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November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The playbacks show how programs evolve. There's also an AI tutor embedded to answer questions about the code (youtu.be/WAPql5KZFR4). The AI tutor is a great example of human-led and AI-assisted learning resources. Let me know what you think!
New AI Assistant Interface
YouTube video by Mark Mahoney
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November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The playbacks show how programs evolve. There's also an AI tutor embedded to answer questions about the code (youtu.be/WAPql5KZFR4). The AI tutor is a great example of human-led and AI-assisted learning resources. Let me know what you think!
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You can play the game first before diving into the code:

markm208.github.io/wordZearch/

Let me know what you think!
Word Zearch
markm208.github.io
July 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The future of coding requires that people get better at reading and understanding code, not just writing and generating it.

Check out the new features here: playbackpress.com/books

All of the books are free but you do have to create an account in order to use the AI features.
July 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
- Skill level selection (beginner/intermediate/expert)
- One click to ask common questions
- Self-grading multiple choice questions are generated in batches now instead of one at a time
- Project extension suggestions to build on the existing code
July 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The new interface is cleaner with tabbed sections for questions, practice problems, and project suggestions.

What's new:
- Tabbed interface and updated UI
- Improved prompts for more specific feedback from the AI model- it really does produce better answers now
July 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just a reminder... the webinar is in one week! You can click the link and get a free ticket or if you just want the zoom link DM me for it.
June 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
UPDATE: I am going to offer some free online training this summer about how to create code playbacks and use them in a course. I'll show how I use code playbacks instead of textbooks and videos and share what my students think of them.

www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-tex...
Beyond Textbooks and Videos: Creating and Sharing Code Playbacks
Join CS professor, Mark Mahoney, to hear about how he uses code playbacks in his computer science courses.
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May 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM