Please enjoy the additional irritated owl photos that I would normally not have been allowed close enough to take.

Thanks, that's very kind of you.

I agree with that generally, but I do thing CC-web is a significant step in that direction - the GitHub part is a lift, but not having to deal with the command line and configuration on a computer makes it much more accessible.

The materials from that presentation are here - anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/ - I have been continually impressed by what my students can produce by the end of my grad course, but it definitely not insta-DH. Procedural + interface literacy built over time.

Thank you! I'm working on updating some of the exercises to take advantage of what's available now in AI code assistance. Always one of my favorite courses to teach :)

On Friday from 10:15 - 11:30, Lai-Tze Fan and I are running a beginner-friendly workshop on agentic tools for digital humanities projects, with discussion of how distant coding is shaping programming pedagogy and practice. Overview at: anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/ #MLA2026 #MLA26

Excellent, will ping to set something up!