--- title: "Stanford's youngest instructor talks InfoSec, AI, and catching cheaters - Rachel Fernandez interview [Podcast #217]" source_name: "freeCodeCamp.org" original_url: "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/stanford-s-youngest-instructor-talks-infosec-ai-and-catching-cheaters-rachel-fernandez-interview-podcast-217/" canonical_url: "https://www.traeai.com/articles/437fda48-86a1-4b18-b300-daaeab56cf03" content_type: "article" language: "中文" score: 5.2 tags: ["AI编程","计算机教育","C++","信息安全","Stanford"] published_at: "2026-05-01T11:00:00+00:00" created_at: "2026-05-01T23:09:38.525905+00:00" --- # Stanford's youngest instructor talks InfoSec, AI, and catching cheaters - Rachel Fernandez interview [Podcast #217] Canonical URL: https://www.traeai.com/articles/437fda48-86a1-4b18-b300-daaeab56cf03 Original source: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/stanford-s-youngest-instructor-talks-infosec-ai-and-catching-cheaters-rachel-fernandez-interview-podcast-217/ ## Summary 斯坦福最年轻讲师Rachel Fernandez在播客中谈及计算机教育现状、C++教学价值及AI辅助编程的边界，但内容为泛泛访谈摘要，无技术细节、实证或可操作方法论。 ## Key Takeaways - Rachel是斯坦福大学史上最年轻的授课讲师，来自低收入社区并打破升学壁垒 - 她强调C++在系统级教学中的不可替代性，尤其对理解内存与性能至关重要 - 警告开发者警惕AI导致的‘技能退化’，主张以AI为‘思考加速器’而非替代编码实践 ## Content Title: Stanford's youngest instructor talks InfoSec, AI, and catching cheaters - Rachel Fernandez interview [Podcast #217] URL Source: http://www.freecodecamp.org/news/stanford-s-youngest-instructor-talks-infosec-ai-and-catching-cheaters-rachel-fernandez-interview-podcast-217/ Published Time: 2026-05-01T11:00:00.000Z Markdown Content: [![Image 1: freeCodeCamp.org](https://cdn.freecodecamp.org/platform/universal/fcc_primary.svg)](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/) [](https://www.freecodecamp.org/) ![Image 2: Stanford's youngest instructor talks InfoSec, AI, and catching cheaters - Rachel Fernandez interview [Podcast #217]](https://cdn.hashnode.com/uploads/covers/5f68e7df6dfc523d0a894e7c/ec336e48-f060-4031-b4c3-dc25ec839c38.jpg) Today Quincy Larson interviews Rachel An Fernandez. She's a computer science student at Stanford and the youngest instructor at the entire university. She recently helped organize TreeHacks, Stanford's annual hackathon, which narrowed 15,000 applicants down to just 1,000 participants. They built projects over a single weekend and competed for a million dollars in prizes. Rachel grew up in Westminster, a small California town with a largely Mexican and Vietnamese population. 70% of students at her high school had family incomes so low that qualified for free school lunches. And Rachel was the first student from there to get into Stanford in years. We talk about: * The state of computer science education in 2026 * Her thoughts on C++, a language she teaches at Stanford, and its continued importance * And her tips for how devs should use AI tools without "deskilling" themselves Watch the podcast on the [freeCodeCamp.org](http://freecodecamp.org/) YouTube channel or listen on your favorite podcast app. Links from our discussion: * Rachel on LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-fernandez28/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-fernandez28/) * freeCodeCamp book on AI Assisted Coding that Quincy mentions: [https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-become-an-expert-in-ai-assisted-coding-a-handbook-for-developers/](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-become-an-expert-in-ai-assisted-coding-a-handbook-for-developers/) 1. freeCodeCamp just published an automation for beginners course. You'll learn how to automate your routine daily tasks by piping together triggers and actions. By the end of the course, you'll have your own Model Context Protocol server that can share info between your productivity apps and your agents. (4 hour YouTube course): [https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/reclaim-your-time-master-automation-with-zapier/](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/reclaim-your-time-master-automation-with-zapier/) 2. freeCodeCamp also published a full-length handbook on data quality. You'll learn the most common ways that bad data enters a system, and how to prevent them. You'll get exposure to the different layers where data validation needs to happen: front end, back end, database, business logic, and data ingestion. The handbook will also walk you through testing strategies to keep bad data out of your projects. (full-length handbook): [https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/data-quality-handbook-data-errors-the-developer-s-role-validation-layers/](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/data-quality-handbook-data-errors-the-developer-s-role-validation-layers/) 3. AI Governance may sound like something only managers need to worry about. But in practice, it's us developers who have to actually build the responsible AI systems. You can bookmark this new freeCodeCamp handbook and code along with four hands-on Python projects: a model card generator, a bias detection pipeline, an audit trail logger, and a human-in-the-loop escalation system. (full length handbook): [https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-ai-governance-handbook-build-responsible-ai-systems/](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-ai-governance-handbook-build-responsible-ai-systems/) 4. Today's song of the week is Danza Marilù by French disco band L'Impératrice. This 2024 banger features a heavily syncopated bass line that I think you'll love. The singer subtly alternates between French and Italian. And the music video is unique and all good vibes as well. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC0ErOoQcUA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC0ErOoQcUA) * * * * * * Learn to code for free. freeCodeCamp's open source curriculum has helped more than 40,000 people get jobs as developers. [Get started](https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn)