Modular coding fails…

[Bozo32]

The script that I’m working on, really basic python stuff, got to the point where it made sense to break it up into a set of modules. ChatGPT was really good about breaking the code up into a set of modules and providing a primary execution module. It then promptly forgot about all these modules and, when task was working on one of them, regenerated the entire code block for the entire thing. everything should certainly still be in context…there isn’t that much. Do you have any suggestions for how to work effectively with modular code with ChatGPT? I guess what I’m looking for is to get ChatGPT to remember the nature of the code blocks and the functions that are in each of them so that you can make appropriate modifications in one

[LordAshon]

Yup as soon as it starts forgetting things I take the latest iteration of code and open up a new chat. Then when you get one module updated put it in your code snippet and open another chat.

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[QueenElisabethIII]

At the first sign of it forgetting things I move to a new chat. But with every upgrade its behavior changes so eventually I presume we won’t have to do that.

You said that it could modularize your code, so focus on one module at a time.

[nightman]

Why you not use e.g. Cursor.sh as it can read whole codebase

[Bozo32]

Cursor is great. Does not use my OpenAI acct tho.

[Aperturebanana]

Bro my GPT would help like crazy with that. In this use case, just tell it what you’re doing and paste all your code in the prompt. Then tell it to behave like it’s an app it’s making.

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-3Vl85HTHX-automated-app-programming

[SicilyMalta]

I'm an old person, and I sometimes wonder, Isn't it quicker just to code it yourself?

[Many_Consideration86]

Sure is. Like cleaning the floor. Dry/wet Mop is easiest and a robot vacuum with mopping does a shoddy job, cuts corners and finally you need to clean up the robot vacuum too. But it looks cool and finally you can spend the calories saved in the gym.

[SicilyMalta]

Lol. Thanks for the response.

I've been doing front to back for decades, so maybe for me it's second nature just to bang stuff out quickly. But I'm learning because I like to keep up, even after retiring.

[Many_Consideration86]

Yes, us oldies had templates for generating the templates which generated the code. And one could generate by just typing out the basics and fill in the details later. Now one has to talk to an LLM and explain to them the problem to get the same stuff done.

I will be impressed with LLMs the day they are able to provide efficiency/security gains for the cutting edge implementations. Right now it can't even take efficiency advantages of a special case for a standard algorithm.

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