Mr. Block is a novelist and the author of the memoir “Homeschooled.” By my third year of home-schooling — in 1994, when I was 12 — Mom’s project of turning me back into an infant was nearly complete.

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AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...