diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/README.md b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/README.md
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+# Exercise folder — Split Loop with Lambda (learning hour)
+
+Contents:
+
+- `java/` — pre-factored exercise repo (prefactored-longrange; runs with `mvn test`)
+- `solution/` — reference end state after step 3 (extracted method taking the lambda)
+- `rehearse-with-agent.md` — how Willem rehearses this with qwen-code + java-refactoring-mcp
+
+## Reference solution
+
+See `solution/`. End state of the production code (simplified):
+
+```java
+public Map<IceCream, Integer> longRangeForecast() {
+    return longRangeForecast(daysForward -> {
+        scorer.updateSelection();
+        return scorer.lookupWeather(daysForward);
+    });
+}
+
+public Map<IceCream, Integer> longRangeForecast(
+        LongFunction<Boolean> dayOffsetToWeather) {
+    var expectedWeather = collectExpectedWeather(dayOffsetToWeather);
+    // ... reset loop + scoring loop, unchanged ...
+}
+
+private static List<Boolean> collectExpectedWeather(
+        LongFunction<Boolean> dayOffsetToWeather) {
+    var expectedWeather = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+    for (Instant interestingDate : DATES) {
+        long daysForward = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(ANCHOR_DATE, interestingDate);
+        expectedWeather.add(dayOffsetToWeather.apply(daysForward));
+    }
+    return expectedWeather;
+}
+```
+
+Notes on the end state:
+
+- Key move: `scorer` is used **only inside the lambda**; the extracted method
+  `collectExpectedWeather` has no dependency on `Scorer` at all — all its
+  inputs are parameters.
+- The public no-arg overload keeps callers unchanged; it injects the
+  "real" weather lambda. The test calls the overload with a pure
+  `daysForward -> true` instead.
+- The test is pure and glanceable: `alwaysSunny` weather gives
+  `{Strawberry:12, Chocolate:12, Vanilla:17, }` (approved file included).
+- `scorer.updateSelection()` turned out to be deletable (it only mutates
+  static `Scorer.flavour` state that this method never reads). Leaving it
+  in the lambda is fine for step 3; deleting it is a debrief aha.
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/.gitignore b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/.gitignore
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+target/
+*.received.txt
+*.approved.txt
+.idea/
+*.iml
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/README.md b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/README.md
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+# IceCreamForecasting — Split Loop with Lambda (exercise)
+
+Pre-factored variant of [IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata](https://github.com/emilybache/IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata):
+the Q1/Q4 dead branch is stripped and the hardcoded dates are a constant now.
+Everything else — including the noise in the scoring loop — is untouched.
+
+## Task
+
+`longRangeForecast()` is hard to test: it calls `scorer`, and `Scorer`
+stands for an external weather service you must not call from a unit test.
+The rest of the method's inputs are only `DATES` and `ANCHOR_DATE`.
+
+Get it under test:
+
+1. First get any test running that calls `longRangeForecast()` —
+   it will fail or be flaky, because of the dependency on `Scorer`.
+2. Then use the **Split Loop with Lambda** mechanics (6 steps, on the handout)
+   so that the weather collection becomes an extracted method that takes the
+   weather-reading as a **lambda parameter**.
+3. Stop when you have an extracted method that takes the lambda as a parameter,
+   and a test that passes **without** touching `Scorer`.
+
+## Constraint
+
+Don't change `Scorer` and don't change the *behaviour* of
+`longRangeForecast()`. Compile early, compile often.
+
+## Debrief questions
+
+- At which step did plain **Split Loop** stop working, and why?
+  (Hint: what type did your introduced variable end up being?)
+- There are **two** calls to `scorer` in the weather loop.
+  What did you do with each one?
+- Could you delete either call without changing the forecast?
+  Try it. Why did that work?
+- Where would you take this next — more extraction, or moving the method
+  to another class where `Scorer` is unknown?
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/pom.xml b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>codingdojo</groupId>
+    <artifactId>icecream-split-loop-lambda-exercise</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>5.10.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.approvaltests</groupId>
+            <artifactId>approvaltests</artifactId>
+            <version>18.6.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/IceCream.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/IceCream.java
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+package codingdojo;
+
+public enum IceCream {
+    Strawberry,
+    Chocolate,
+    Vanilla;
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecasts.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecasts.java
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+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecasts.java
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+package codingdojo;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Pre-factored variant of LongRangeForecasts from
+ * https://github.com/emilybache/IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata
+ *
+ * Differences from the kata original (deliberate, for the learning hour):
+ * - The Q1/Q4 branch was removed. It was dead code anyway: the unconditional
+ *   loop right after it overwrites every value it sets. (Splitting loops
+ *   sometimes reveals things like this.)
+ * - The hardcoded list of interesting dates is now a constant, DATES, and the
+ *   anchor instant is ANCHOR_DATE. (Turning the dates into a parameter is a
+ *   *later* refactoring — not part of this exercise.)
+ *
+ * Your task: see README.md
+ */
+public class LongRangeForecasts {
+
+    private static final Instant ANCHOR_DATE = Instant.parse("2023-04-26T14:00:00.000-07:00");
+    private static final List<Instant> DATES = List.of(
+            Instant.parse("2023-05-01T14:00:00.000-07:00"),
+            Instant.parse("2023-05-18T14:00:00.000-07:00"),
+            Instant.parse("2023-06-05T14:00:00.000-07:00"),
+            Instant.parse("2023-06-23T14:00:00.000-07:00")
+    );
+
+    private final Scorer scorer = new Scorer();
+
+    public Map<IceCream, Integer> longRangeForecast() {
+
+        var result = new HashMap<IceCream, Integer>();
+        for (IceCream flavour : IceCream.values()) {
+            result.put(flavour, 0);
+        }
+        List<Boolean> expectedWeather = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Instant interestingDate : DATES) {
+            scorer.updateSelection();
+            long daysForward = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(ANCHOR_DATE, interestingDate);
+            Boolean weather = scorer.lookupWeather(daysForward);
+            expectedWeather.add(weather);
+        }
+
+        for (IceCream flavour : result.keySet()) {
+            result.put(flavour, result.get(flavour) + 10);
+            var sunnyHolidays = expectedWeather.stream().filter(s -> s).count();
+            if (sunnyHolidays > 2 && flavour == IceCream.Vanilla) {
+                result.put(flavour, result.get(flavour) + 5);
+            }
+            if (sunnyHolidays > 1 && expectedWeather.get(1)) {
+                result.put(flavour, result.get(flavour) + 2);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/Scorer.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/main/java/codingdojo/Scorer.java
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+package codingdojo;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+/**
+ * Trimmed version of the kata's Scorer: only the parts LongRangeForecasts uses.
+ * lookupWeather stands in for an API call to a weather service — in the real
+ * system this is the "unwanted dependency".
+ */
+public class Scorer {
+
+    public static IceCream flavour = null;
+
+    public int getScore() {
+        boolean sunnyToday = lookupWeather();
+        if (flavour == null) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        switch (flavour) {
+            case Strawberry:
+                return sunnyToday ? 10 : 5;
+            case Chocolate:
+                return 6;
+            case Vanilla:
+                return sunnyToday ? 7 : 5;
+            default:
+                return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean lookupWeather() {
+        return new Random().nextBoolean();
+    }
+
+    public boolean lookupWeather(long daysForward) {
+        // placeholder implementation - real version would make API call to weather service
+        return new Random().nextBoolean();
+    }
+
+    public void updateSelection() {
+        // placeholder implementation - real version would use machine learning to predict sales
+        var score = getScore();
+        if (score > 5) {
+            var randomizer = new Random();
+            IceCream[] allFlavours = IceCream.values();
+            flavour = allFlavours[randomizer.nextInt(allFlavours.length)];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/java/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.java
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+package codingdojo;
+
+import org.approvaltests.Approvals;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class LongRangeForecastsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void longRangeForecast() {
+        var actual = new LongRangeForecasts().longRangeForecast();
+        Approvals.verify(printIceCreamForecast(actual));
+    }
+
+    private static String printIceCreamForecast(Map<IceCream, Integer> actual) {
+        var printedResult = new StringBuilder();
+        printedResult.append("{");
+        var sortedKeys = new ArrayList<>(actual.keySet());
+        Collections.sort(sortedKeys);
+        for (IceCream key : sortedKeys) {
+            printedResult.append(key);
+            printedResult.append(":");
+            printedResult.append(actual.get(key));
+            printedResult.append(", ");
+        }
+        printedResult.append("}");
+        return printedResult.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/rehearse-with-agent.md b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/rehearse-with-agent.md
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+# Rehearsing the exercise with a coding agent + java-refactoring-mcp
+
+How Willem can rehearse the exercise (and test whether an agent can do it)
+using [java-refactoring-mcp](https://github.com/pfichtner/java-refactoring-mcp)'s
+CLI as the semantic refactoring backend. One-time setup, then a repeatable
+session script.
+
+## One-time setup
+
+```bash
+# 1. Build the tool (needs Java 21 + Maven 3.8+)
+git clone https://github.com/pfichtner/java-refactoring-mcp
+cd java-refactoring-mcp && mvn package -DskipTests
+# → refactor-mcp/target/refactor-mcp-*-fat.jar
+
+# 2. Install the CLI wrapper (see that repo's README, "CLI (optional)"):
+#    gives you the `java-refactor` command.
+
+# 3. Sanctioned dirs for the MCP server (it refuses paths outside this list)
+#    — check the repo docs for the exact env var / flag.
+
+# 4. Copy the exercise (NOT the solution folder) to a scratch workspace
+cp -r exercise/java ~/scratch/prefactored-longrange
+```
+
+## Session script
+
+Run the agent in `~/scratch/prefactored-longrange` with a prompt like:
+
+> You may only change code by invoking `java-refactor` CLI commands
+> (`java-refactor --help` lists them). Never edit `.java` files with text
+> edits, except lines marked by the CLI as needing manual work.
+> After each refactoring, run `mvn -q test` (it may fail — that is expected;
+> the dependency on `Scorer` makes the method untestable — but it must
+> still *compile*).
+>
+> Goal: in `LongRangeForecasts.longRangeForecast()`, the loop over `DATES`
+> collects weather by calling `scorer` (an unwanted external dependency).
+>
+> 1. Introduce a lambda for the scorer-dependent code and move its
+>    definition to the top of the method, leaving the invocation where it is.
+>    (No tool supports this — do it as a minimal manual edit.)
+> 2. Extract the weather-collection loop into a new method
+>    `collectExpectedWeather` that takes the lambda as a parameter
+>    (suggested type `LongFunction<Boolean>`).
+> 3. Stop. Report the final diff.
+
+Then compare the agent's end state against `exercise/solution/` (or diff
+against it directly) and run `mvn test` with the solution's test + approved
+file dropped in: it must pass deterministically.
+
+## What this rehearsal tells you
+
+- The mechanics-with-names prompt (introduce lambda / slide statement /
+  extract method + introduce parameter) is unambiguous enough that an agent
+  with weak tool-calling (qwen 35B) can follow it — if it can, a human
+  pair can too.
+- Which steps the agent drifts on (usually step 1, where it tends to skip
+  the lambda and just extract a method that closes over `scorer` — the
+  exact mistake participants make). Collect these failure modes: they are
+  gold for the concept slide and the debrief.
+- Time estimate for the exercise: run it twice, once tool-only, once with
+  the manual lambda edit. The gap between the two is the "no tool support"
+  friction participants will feel.
+
+## Tool coverage cheat sheet
+
+| Mechanic | Tool support |
+|---|---|
+| introduce lambda | none — manual edit |
+| slide statement | none — manual edit |
+| extract method | `java-refactor extract` |
+| add lambda parameter | `java-refactor introduce-param` / `change-method-signature` |
+| move method to another class (step 4, not in scope) | `java-refactor move-method` (call sites not rewritten) |
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/.gitignore b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/.gitignore
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+target/
+*.received.txt
+.idea/
+*.iml
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/README.md b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/README.md
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+# Reference solution — end state after step 3
+
+Derived from [IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata](https://github.com/emilybache/IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata)
+(same license as the kata applies to the copied `IceCream.java`).
+
+Run with `mvn test` — the approval test passes deterministically without
+touching the weather service.
+
+## What changed vs the exercise start
+
+1. Weather loop extracted to `collectExpectedWeather(LongFunction<Boolean>)`
+   — a static method whose only "unwanted dependency" is the lambda parameter.
+2. Public no-arg `longRangeForecast()` delegates to a new overload that takes
+   the weather function, keeping existing callers working.
+3. Test passes a pure lambda (`daysForward -> true`) — the original test
+   called the no-arg method and was flaky because of `Scorer`'s `Random`.
+
+## Variations to try (for the debrief or a second round)
+
+- `daysForward -> false` (no sunny holidays): scores drop to `+10` only.
+- `daysForward -> daysForward == 5` (exactly one sunny holiday, and it is not
+  `expectedWeather.get(1)`, so no `+2`): all flavours `10`.
+- Delete the `scorer.updateSelection()` call inside the production lambda:
+  the approved file does not change — the forecast never reads `Scorer.flavour`.
+- Variation end state: skip the overload; make `collectExpectedWeather`
+  package-private and test it directly with pure lambdas. Trade-off:
+  tests the pure slice but not the composition (scoring loop).
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/pom.xml b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/pom.xml
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+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>codingdojo</groupId>
+    <artifactId>icecream-split-loop-lambda-exercise</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>5.10.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.approvaltests</groupId>
+            <artifactId>approvaltests</artifactId>
+            <version>18.6.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/IceCream.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/IceCream.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/IceCream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package codingdojo;
+
+public enum IceCream {
+    Strawberry,
+    Chocolate,
+    Vanilla;
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecasts.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecasts.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..990b09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecasts.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package codingdojo;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.LongFunction;
+
+/**
+ * Reference end state of the learning hour exercise (step 3 of the
+ * Split Loop with Lambda mechanics — stop here; step 4, moving the method
+ * to another class, is future work).
+ *
+ * Derived from https://github.com/emilybache/IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata
+ */
+public class LongRangeForecasts {
+
+    private static final Instant ANCHOR_DATE = Instant.parse("2023-04-26T14:00:00.000-07:00");
+    private static final List<Instant> DATES = List.of(
+            Instant.parse("2023-05-01T14:00:00.000-07:00"),
+            Instant.parse("2023-05-18T14:00:00.000-07:00"),
+            Instant.parse("2023-06-05T14:00:00.000-07:00"),
+            Instant.parse("2023-06-23T14:00:00.000-07:00")
+    );
+
+    private final Scorer scorer = new Scorer();
+
+    public Map<IceCream, Integer> longRangeForecast() {
+        return longRangeForecast(daysForward -> {
+            scorer.updateSelection();
+            return scorer.lookupWeather(daysForward);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The forecast, with the weather source injected as a function.
+     * Testable: pass any pure function instead of calling the weather service.
+     */
+    public Map<IceCream, Integer> longRangeForecast(
+            LongFunction<Boolean> dayOffsetToWeather) {
+        var expectedWeather = collectExpectedWeather(dayOffsetToWeather);
+
+        var result = new HashMap<IceCream, Integer>();
+        for (IceCream flavour : IceCream.values()) {
+            result.put(flavour, 0);
+        }
+        for (IceCream flavour : result.keySet()) {
+            result.put(flavour, result.get(flavour) + 10);
+            var sunnyHolidays = expectedWeather.stream().filter(s -> s).count();
+            if (sunnyHolidays > 2 && flavour == IceCream.Vanilla) {
+                result.put(flavour, result.get(flavour) + 5);
+            }
+            if (sunnyHolidays > 1 && expectedWeather.get(1)) {
+                result.put(flavour, result.get(flavour) + 2);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracted method. Note: it uses no fields — all its inputs are
+     * parameters. The only leftover dependency is the lambda, which can
+     * be replaced by any pure function in tests.
+     */
+    private static List<Boolean> collectExpectedWeather(
+            LongFunction<Boolean> dayOffsetToWeather) {
+        var expectedWeather = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+        for (Instant interestingDate : DATES) {
+            long daysForward = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(ANCHOR_DATE, interestingDate);
+            expectedWeather.add(dayOffsetToWeather.apply(daysForward));
+        }
+        return expectedWeather;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/Scorer.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/Scorer.java
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/main/java/codingdojo/Scorer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package codingdojo;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+/**
+ * Trimmed version of the kata's Scorer: only the parts LongRangeForecasts uses.
+ * lookupWeather stands in for an API call to a weather service — in the real
+ * system this is the "unwanted dependency".
+ */
+public class Scorer {
+
+    public static IceCream flavour = null;
+
+    public int getScore() {
+        boolean sunnyToday = lookupWeather();
+        if (flavour == null) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        switch (flavour) {
+            case Strawberry:
+                return sunnyToday ? 10 : 5;
+            case Chocolate:
+                return 6;
+            case Vanilla:
+                return sunnyToday ? 7 : 5;
+            default:
+                return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean lookupWeather() {
+        return new Random().nextBoolean();
+    }
+
+    public boolean lookupWeather(long daysForward) {
+        // placeholder implementation - real version would make API call to weather service
+        return new Random().nextBoolean();
+    }
+
+    public void updateSelection() {
+        // placeholder implementation - real version would use machine learning to predict sales
+        var score = getScore();
+        if (score > 5) {
+            var randomizer = new Random();
+            IceCream[] allFlavours = IceCream.values();
+            flavour = allFlavours[randomizer.nextInt(allFlavours.length)];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.java b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15464a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package codingdojo;
+
+import org.approvaltests.Approvals;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.LongFunction;
+
+public class LongRangeForecastsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void longRangeForecast() {
+        // pure weather implementation: every holiday is sunny
+        LongFunction<Boolean> alwaysSunny = daysForward -> true;
+        var actual = new LongRangeForecasts().longRangeForecast(alwaysSunny);
+        Approvals.verify(printIceCreamForecast(actual));
+    }
+
+    private static String printIceCreamForecast(Map<IceCream, Integer> actual) {
+        var printedResult = new StringBuilder();
+        printedResult.append("{");
+        var sortedKeys = new ArrayList<>(actual.keySet());
+        Collections.sort(sortedKeys);
+        for (IceCream key : sortedKeys) {
+            printedResult.append(key);
+            printedResult.append(":");
+            printedResult.append(actual.get(key));
+            printedResult.append(", ");
+        }
+        printedResult.append("}");
+        return printedResult.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.longRangeForecast.approved.txt b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.longRangeForecast.approved.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d51dded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/exercise/solution/src/test/java/codingdojo/LongRangeForecastsTest.longRangeForecast.approved.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{Strawberry:12, Chocolate:12, Vanilla:17, }
diff --git a/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/split-loop-with-lambda-learning-hour.md b/ideas/split-loop-with-lambda/split-loop-with-lambda-learning-hour.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+---
+theme: refactoring
+title: Split Loop with Lambda — when the variable you slide is a function
+name: split-loop-with-lambda
+kata: IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata (pre-factored "prefactored-longrange" variant)
+difficulty: 4
+author: Willem van den Ende
+affiliation: QWAN
+tags: refactoring java split-loop lambda testability composed-method
+---
+
+# Split Loop with Lambda
+
+You know Split Loop: separate the loops that compute from the loops that
+collect, using *introduce variable* and *slide statement*. But sometimes the
+thing you want to slide is not a value — it is a **function call** that
+reaches out to a dependency you do not want (a weather API, machine
+learning, a database). Plain Split Loop stalls: the variable you introduce
+would have to hold "the answer to a question that is not asked yet". The fix
+is to make the laziness explicit: introduce a **lambda**, slide *that*, and
+extract a method that takes the function as a parameter.
+
+This is a follow-up session: the team has already done Split Loop (and has
+used these mechanics on production code, unnamed). Here we name the pattern,
+drill the mechanics on a pre-factored slice of
+[IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata](https://github.com/emilybache/IceCreamForecasting-Refactoring-Kata),
+and end at a testable, pure seam.
+
+## Learning Goals
+
+* Given a loop whose body needs an outside dependency, perform the six
+  Split-Loop-with-Lambda mechanics (introduce lambda → slide → extract
+  method with function parameter) on unfamiliar code, without the handout
+  open.
+* Recognize when plain Split Loop is not enough — the variable you need to
+  slide must be a *function*, not a value — and name the next move.
+
+*(Testability is a consequence, not a goal this hour — it shows up as a
+debrief question: "what just became testable, and why?")*
+
+## Session Outline
+
+* 5 min connect: count the concerns (on the kata's original method)
+* 5 min concept: the mechanics, six steps with names
+* 10 min demo: the weather slice of `LongRangeForecast` (Java)
+* 25 min concrete: pairs do the whole pre-factored method
+* 5 min conclusion: debrief + "what became testable?" + next steps
+
+Total 50 min + buffer.
+
+## Connect - Count the concerns
+
+Show the original `longRangeForecast` from the kata (the one with the Q1/Q4
+branch and the hardcoded dates) on a slide. Ask pairs, 90 seconds: "how many
+different things is this method doing? Point at the lines."
+
+Take answers: quarter default, reset loop, date list, weather collection,
+scoring loop — five or six, depending how you count. Land the point: *your
+production code looks like this too, and today we learn one move that cuts
+one concern loose even when Split Loop alone cannot.*
+
+## Concept - The six mechanics
+
+Walk the pattern (handout: `zeroth-draft-of-refactoring-pattern.md`):
+
+1. **Extract the dependency-using code into a lambda** — no tool does this;
+   it is a small manual edit.
+2. **Slide the lambda definition** to the top of the method; leave the
+   invocation where it is.
+3. **Extract the loop** into a method that takes the lambda as a parameter.
+   (IntelliJ: Extract Method, then Introduce Parameter / Change Signature.
+   Suggested type for this exercise: `LongFunction<Boolean>`.)
+4. Move the method to a class where the unwanted dependency is unknown.
+5. Test with a pure lambda instead of the real dependency.
+6. Check what new test combinations became easy.
+
+Steps 1–2 are the new move — that is where plain Split Loop stalls, because
+the thing being slid is a *function*, not a value. Steps 3–6 are familiar
+Split Loop territory. Today we stop after step 3 (with a test, step 5-lite);
+step 4 is next time.
+
+If there is time, show one slide: the slice graphic from the
+[Slice learning hour](https://www.sammancoaching.org/learning_hours/testable_design/slice.html).
+
+## Demo - The weather slice (10 min)
+
+Do the six mechanics on a whiteboard-projection slice of
+`LongRangeForecast` — only the `DATES` loop:
+
+```java
+List<Boolean> expectedWeather = new ArrayList<>();
+for (Instant interestingDate : DATES) {
+    scorer.updateSelection();
+    long daysForward = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(ANCHOR_DATE, interestingDate);
+    Boolean weather = scorer.lookupWeather(daysForward);
+    expectedWeather.add(weather);
+}
+```
+
+Narrate: *everything this loop needs from outside is "given a day offset,
+is it sunny?"* Extract that question into a lambda, slide it up, extract the
+loop into `collectExpectedWeather(LongFunction<Boolean> dayOffsetToWeather)`.
+Note out loud where you paused and what you checked (compile, tests still
+compile). Point at the *invocation site* staying behind — that is what
+"slide, don't move" means.
+
+## Concrete Practice - Pairs on prefactored-longrange (25 min)
+
+Pairs, Rider or IntelliJ, one driver. Repo: `exercise/java` (a pre-factored
+copy of the kata: Q1/Q4 dead branch stripped, dates as a constant — you gave
+them the dates-as-parameter refactoring already, so the only "noise" left is
+the two loops and the noise inside the scoring loop).
+
+1. (3 min) Run the approval test. It is red and flaky — why? (`Scorer`
+   calls `Random`; it stands for the weather API.)
+2. (17 min) Do the mechanics on the whole method. Careful: the weather loop
+   calls `scorer` **twice**. Everything the lambda needs has to be in scope
+   at the invocation site.
+3. (5 min) When your extracted method takes the lambda as a parameter, make
+   the test pass with a pure lambda (e.g. `daysForward -> true`) and check
+   the approved file against `{Strawberry:12, Chocolate:12, Vanilla:17, }`.
+   Reference end state: `exercise/solution/`.
+
+Debrief questions on a slide (from `exercise/java/README.md`):
+
+- At which step did plain Split Loop stop working, and why?
+- What did you do with each of the two `scorer` calls?
+- Could you delete either call without changing the forecast? Try it.
+  Why did that work? *(updateSelection only mutates Scorer state this
+  method never reads — the lambda made that visible)*
+- What just became testable that was not before?
+
+## Conclusions - Name it, claim it, next move
+
+- Pairs state the pattern in one sentence, using the words *lambda*,
+  *slide*, *function parameter*. Add their sentences to the pattern draft.
+- Slide: "the new tests are actually glanceable and pure" — testability was
+  the side effect; ask first ("what was a benefit?"), then show the slide.
+- Next moves this sets up: move the method to a class without `Scorer`
+  (step 4), turn `DATES` into a parameter (the refactor Willem did before
+  this exercise), and the ports-and-adapters view: a lambda is the smallest
+  Port + Adapter that could work.
+- Feedback on the pattern draft: which steps felt named, which felt fuzzy?
+
+## Facilitator notes
+
+- Materials: `exercise/java` (participants), `exercise/solution`
+  (facilitator + fast pairs), handout = the pattern draft, slides =
+  original method + debrief questions.
+- Fast pairs finish early? Have them do step 4 for real (move
+  `collectExpectedWeather` to a new class), or the
+  `daysForward -> daysForward == 5` variation from `solution/README.md`.
+- If most pairs stall at step 3 (adding the parameter), interrupt after
+  ~8 min and demo *just* that: Extract Method, then Change Signature to
+  `LongFunction<Boolean>`.
+- The overload extension (test can't reach the pure seam because
+  `longRangeForecast()` bakes in the real lambda): Inline Variable on the
+  lambda local (⌘⌥N), Introduce Parameter on the lambda (⌥⌘P), test passes
+  `daysForward -> true`, then restore a 3-line no-arg overload delegating
+  with the real lambda. End state: `exercise/solution/`.
+- Debrief fork: inject through the public overload (tests composition +
+  slice) vs. test `collectExpectedWeather` directly, package-private (tests
+  only the pure slice). No right answer — good conclusion discussion.
+- Willem's rehearsal: `exercise/rehearse-with-agent.md` — run the exercise
+  with qwen + java-refactoring-mcp CLI first; agent failure modes become
+  concept-slide material.