A practical way to learn programming
The focus is on making many small projects. The experience is fine-tuned to learn the most important basics as fast as possible while feeling friendly and slow-paced.
Lets assume AI will write all the code - you'll still want to know how it works. It's interesting and dramatically improves your thinking skills. Understanding is also a key ingredient in getting new ideas and being creative. Don't fall behind.
AI is helpful but doesn't come close to taking programming jobs. How many unemployed programmers do you know? Have salaries dropped? If AI was taking jobs, we'd see massive industry shifts. We don't.
If AI takes coding jobs, then all office jobs are gone anyway. Software automates everything - that's what it does. Writing software is literally the last office job to disappear.
While AI companies build massive datacenters, AI models don't seem to be improving much. The tools are getting better, but the job doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
Designed and tested with high school students. The pace is reasonable and the exercises vary from games to writing real projects.
Get help at any moment from our AI teaching assistant, plus real teachers when AI just doesn't cut it.
Focus on making many small projects to build practical skills and confidence through hands-on experience.
The pricing is designed so anyone can join. It's free for teachers so they can complete the course and see if they want to use Tinkr to teach their students too.
I'm a software developer with over 10 years of experience and have taught 500+ students throughout my career—from high schoolers to university students to people looking to change careers.
This platform is basically a condensation of everything I've learned and experimented with. I know that learning code is hard. I also know it doesn't have to be. So I'll keep on experimenting until it becomes a normal part of schooling.
Tinkr represents my belief that programming education should be accessible, practical, and enjoyable. Every feature has been refined through real classroom experience and student feedback.
Unlike platforms that focus on algorithmic puzzles, Tinkr teaches through building actual applications that you might create in the real world.
Focus on reading documentation, debugging code, and figuring things out independently - the skills that matter in real programming work, not just following tutorials.
Created specifically for teaching environments with features like progress tracking, classroom management, and curriculum alignment.
Tinkr is currently in beta. This means some features don't work yet, things might break, and we'll be making lots of changes based on feedback. Thanks for being patient while we build something awesome!