# Lathe by devenjarvis

18 Hacker News commenters recommended Lathe by devenjarvis and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Generates interactive tutorials that keep you doing the learning rather than skipping past it. Critics say the tutorial deliverable format is not useful to them.

## Why people recommend it

- Keeps you doing the learning (4 comments): "this having more focus on actually doing stuff by yourself seems right up my alley" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435893)) "using LLMs to stay in contact with the material, not to skip past it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440414)) "I like the focus on learning rather than replacing learning." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457448))
- Generates tutorials you can complete (2 comments): "It generates tutorials for you, and serves a webpage that lets you complete them. It does a remarkable job." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235929)) "I have been using this project recently to make myself tutorials on things I want to learn" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163603))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ello AI tutor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ello.md): 11 recommend
- [Primer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/primer.md): 9 recommend
- [Academa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/academa.md): 7 recommend
- [Hope AI Tutor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hope-ai-tutor.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://github.com/devenjarvis/lathe)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Lathe by devenjarvis", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lathe/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).