https://coletnelson.us/ Blog posts by Cole Tyler Nelson, instructor at UW-Madison. en-us Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/ai-will-kill-open-source https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/ai-will-kill-open-source Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT ctnelson2@wisc.edu (Cole Tyler Nelson) A hypothesis on the recent Canvas breach — and how AI-assisted vulnerability discovery may push companies to close their source. https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/free-visualization-tools https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/free-visualization-tools Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT ctnelson2@wisc.edu (Cole Tyler Nelson) Free, open-source visualization tools for Python, JavaScript, and Java — built for students and educators. https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/open-courseware-completely https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/open-courseware-completely Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT ctnelson2@wisc.edu (Cole Tyler Nelson) CS571 is now completely open access — no .edu email required. https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/open-courseware https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/open-courseware Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT ctnelson2@wisc.edu (Cole Tyler Nelson) CS571 is now open access for anyone with a .edu email address. https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/on-teaching-web-dev https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/on-teaching-web-dev Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT ctnelson2@wisc.edu (Cole Tyler Nelson) Reflections on teaching CS571 and what should make up the foundation of a web development education. https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/joining-uw-madison https://coletnelson.us/#/blog/joining-uw-madison Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT ctnelson2@wisc.edu (Cole Tyler Nelson) Joining the UW-Madison CS department as an instructor for CS220 and CS571.