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Software Architect · Engineering Leader · AI Engineering · 20 years in tech

Teaching My Kid Programming with AI — Part 2: The Dev Container

How I replaced a $600/month API setup with a reproducible VSCode dev container running Claude Code — and why it works better for teaching.

March 8, 2026 · 8 min · Denis Ilguzin

Teaching My Kid Programming with AI — Part 1.5: The $20 Session

One tutoring session cost $20 in API fees. Here’s why, and what I’m doing about it.

March 1, 2026 · 4 min · Denis Ilguzin

Teaching My Kid Programming with AI — Part 1: The Setup

How a 20-year tech veteran set up an AI tutor on Discord to teach his child competitive programming — and what happened on day one.

February 28, 2026 · 8 min · Denis Ilguzin