@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io I would (as I am now in so little spare time) work on and open up a project I have to teach and show how computers and coding work from a low level with lessons growing and teaching higher level ideas that build on the lower levels. This includes a Fantasy Machine VM that is inspectable at the memory, register and so on levels. Somewhat equivalent to an Apple] [e, with virtual hardware to handle display and input /output. An initial boot-ROM that includes a version of BASIC for the machine. Lessons would start with the BASIC learning 😉 then go into how that affects the memory, the CPU, the display. Later have the learner write in the assembly for the machine. Make a game, then make it's graphics, solve some (artificial but representative) speed issues, make a "library" to reuse code. Then, make a rudimentary compiler. The capabilities of the VM can grow to meet the need of the lessons. Overall, a CS course as a journey though the lessons, the VM. Allow people to share their creations.