Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. Welcome back ...

I’m not a fan of educational toys. They’re usually either too educational or too toy-like and, in the end, kids get little education and little fun. The Code Kit from LittleBits has changed my mind.

I wasn't aware of this one, though it launched in April: the self-explanatory Arduino AI Assistant (the AAA). There are three main, possible, development wins identified. One is to generate code more ...