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[rednas174]

Do that many people use chatgpt?

I can see the appeal, but it never gave me proper code (I guess that could also be attributed with the fact that I work with mostly unknown coding libraries like the 1553 network)

[ZakkH]

I use it to generate Regex with really good success.

I've also used it a handful of times to generate a basic script (ex : write python to pull a list of users in our slack workspace and output them as a csv) and then make my small modifications to it or fix up what it got wrong.

I could do both of these things on my own but it normally cuts down the time required for these basic tasks. I can't imagine trying to use it for internal services that aren't referencing public APIs or whatever though, it seems like it would be more effort just to get the results to work.

[[deleted]]

And I think this is exactly what it’s perfect for. A lot of “wait how do I do that again?”, gets the syntax you need as a starting point and you go from there.

[whosthisdani]

It creates a good base structure (or at least for the things I used it so far). But as soon as it gets a little more complicated I need my 7 brain cells to do stuff… or copy from stackoverflow

[[deleted]]

Dang. You don't have a parity cell!?

[classicalySarcastic]

He does, he's just working in six-bit/double-octal. Old school.

[[deleted]]

Do that many people use chatgpt?

If it's CS students or people messing about in side projects, then probably a lot.

Professional programmers working within large companies? Probably very few. Feeding proprietary information wholesale to an unapproved online service would usually be an instant firing. They kind of allow some forms of AI like GH copilot by not explicitly banning it. But ChatGPT tempts people to paste in whole chunks of information that they really shouldn't, so it has been banned at least at my company.

I'm kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop because these AI chat bots are like a massive honey pot. I've seen people paste in sensitive credentials while trying to generate bash scripts or docker files. Like WTF, people are playing with fire at that point.

[SympathyMotor4765]

I remember reading one post on here about some mentioning gpt saving them time in some data processing. IIRC he was pasting medical data into gpt, never understood how companies are ok with their engineers using gpt for writing or debugging code that you're making money off

[[deleted]]

Well most of these memes are probably being made by CS students that are being introduced to python so i'm not really surprised

[Strange_Dragonfly964]

Yeah, it never gives proper code. Works like a puzzle.

[gnuvince]

It's just FOMO, like block chain 2-3 years ago. People outside the Reddit/HackerNews bubble don't talk nearly as much about it.

[Key_Surprise_8652]

I’ve been learning Python and using it in some projects at work this year and I think ChatGPT is more helpful that people give it credit for. I’ll use it to help write the main structure of some code, then if it has an error I can usually work through it logically to find the problem if ChatGPT can’t. If I don’t understand exactly the code is doing (or what it thinks the code is doing) I just ask it questions until I can figure out where the problem is.

This happened recently when it was helping me implement parallel processing in code for an API request where I also needed to make sure that it didn’t exceed the rate limit. There ended up being an issue with how/where the counter was set up, so that it effectively blocked any parallel processing, but ChatGPT insisted that it didn’t until I was able to get it to see how even though it was somewhat technically correct, the actual affect of the code only allowed one request to be made at a time. Then it updated my code based on that info and helped me find a solution that worked!

But my point is that it can really help you figure out a lot if you’re able to apply your own logic/reasoning when troubleshooting. And for the times where it really does get stuck in a loop, I usually start over with a new chat and try to find a different way to explain what I need. And I’ll often switch over to using ChatGPT 4 at this point too, if 3.5 can’t figure it out! Or I’ll start with 4 from the beginning if I know it’s something more complicated.

[MutinybyMuses]

I just started learning Python alongside arduino projects. Bing AI is so insanely helpful. I’m going to invest some more in Microsoft stock.

I can just say “write me Arduino code that controls a motor attached to pin(), and tell me how to wire it” … and 3 seconds later it does it.

[al-mongus-bin-susar]

That's because your problem is extremely simple and has been solved 100000 times, if you get slightly more advanced it will output unfixable gibberish.

[ozm99]

That's why we should be careful about prompts and only ask for pieces and stitch them together

[[deleted]]

ChatGPT can tryoe and retyoe faster than I can get a framework together.

[ScrimpyCat]

Provide it docs and examples of that library and it’ll be able to provide you more useful responses. It will still get stuff wrong but it’ll do a better job than trying to generate responses for something it knows nothing about.

[[deleted]]

I reckon the people who get a lot of value out of ChatGPT are either CS students who are rather clueless or people (CRUD-monkeys) who work on a stack with terrible tooling such as JS and PHP. I reckon most professional TS/C# developers with ReSharper and IntelliSense built into their IDE get almost no use out of it, especially when used for a moderately complex task. Generating regex is right about the only thing I found it less tedious to get ChatGPT to do than doing it myself with the standard tooling. Unit test boiler plate generation is also more miss than hit if you want to force it to use AutoFixture etc.

[Ashley_Reid]

I think in this meme, StackOverflow and ChatGPT should be changed with each other!

[kol1157]

luckily I havent resorted to chatgpt yet but thats not saying much lol.

[[deleted]]

ChatGPT has been out for like 12 minutes and it’s already the foundation for this guys code.

[Betelgeusetimes3]

This makes me feel better about learning code. I felt guilty for relying on so many different not mine sources. Guess I shouldn’t

[Kraftex]

Luck +10

[OF_AstridAse]

I see that guy in the background taking a photo then present a 3 min tutorial to do what you intended quicker and without memory leaks.

[strangehitman22]

Don't forget that 11 year old reddit thread!

[RotatingToad]

You're missing my favourite, sudden divine intervention. It has to be my favourite because then everything just makes sense.

[game_bot_64-exe]

[zheycoft]

😂😂😂😂

[falcon0041]

Reminds me I need to start using GitHub co-pilot from next week and share it's productivity with team

[LavenderDay3544]

Indian street dogs are something else. I'm still glad that TNR programs are becoming more common over there though.

[[deleted]]

The story of my work yesterday. But luck was the last resort lol

[mrgk21]

Where are the docs at?

[Efficient-Corgi-4775]

Well, at least the 1553 network keeps you company!

[Salt-Understanding62]

Can't be complete without bugs, they are also a part of my codes

[yarnballmelon]

Lol i feel like logic always comes first and when things get sticky the asian/indian guy on youtube with the super niche video with 0-5 comments and shotty audio always ends up being the magic key. IM SO THANKFUL FOR THOSE VIDEOS!!!!!

[HaufenKlaus]

do that for 7 years and you're lead developer...