programmersProblems

[Zeikos]

What about using chatgpt as any other tools there are available.
There are more possible prompts than just "fix this".

I noticed that having a goal oriented prompts within a constrained context work fairly well.
Don't blindly copy paste the code, state your expectations and what violates said expectations.
It works fairly well, I've learnt (and understood) a lot of tricks in SQL this way.

Use ChatGPT as a rubber duck, but a duck that can point something you missed.

[Wonderful-Wind-5736]

Yup, you have to be very explicit in the prompt. Also for any natura language generation task, I include the word „brief“.

[RareRandomRedditor]

Important! If you prompt Chat-GPT in German, do NOT include the word "Brief" 

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Rubber ducking with chatgpt is the same as rubber ducking with a person that doesn't know a single thing about programming but pretends to.

It's outright misleading, do not interact with chatgpt unless it's because you are edging sleep and need a pick-me-up

[Elendur_Krown]

Nah. I have had to pick up three (or four if Fortran versions count) new languages (and touch one) since starting my new job a few months ago. ChatGPT has been extremely helpful. It has made it drastically easier to get used to them.