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Dad builds homemade Python-programmable toy car prototype to help son learn programming

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A Reddit user (/u/banalytics_live) built a prototype tool for his fourth-grade son that lets the child control a small car by writing Python programs. The author says he made it using spare evenings over a week with the help of an LLM, with the original aim of making programming fun rather than just typing-code practice. The first program the child completed made the car turn 180 degrees in place; the second drove the car along a complex route from the living room into the bedroom. The author says the child wrote both programs in the first hour, then played for four hours, using up two-thirds of the battery, and in the process practiced experiment design, drawing diagrams and debugging problems in the physical world. The author says he is considering expanding the tool further. At present these results all come from the author's own account and have no independent verification.