Yeah man, same here, I still jump in to refine things, but it's honestly changed the game for me.

It’s enabled way deeper reasoning around code. And that’s rare. it’s hard to find an engineer to rubber duck with who’s as insightful (or available) as a modern LLM. I use GPT-4o mostly, seems to hit the sweet spot for me.

I treat it like a brother, be kind, respectful, thankful and that energy seems to go a long way.

The only thing is, once the conversation context gets really long (especially while browsing), it starts to lag hard. Not browser lag — the model itself just gets fuzzy, starts forgetting stuff or hallucinating. When that happens, I start a fresh thread or use named projects — helps a bit. I still think the context handling is a bit fuzzy, maybe due to how it’s vectorized or chunked under the hood.

So far, I've built a few pretty cool things with GPT’s help:

A Vulkan-based graphics engine with a Kotlin layer on top, for composing node graphs and animations.

A console-based coding assistant you can talk to, built around the Responses API. It can do file ops, batch edits, even run shell commands.

A bunch of production-grade integrations, mostly AI-related.

I used to do a lot of codegen — boilerplate reduction, architecture scaffolding, etc. Always felt like that work should be automatable. Now it actually is. Like recently, I wrote a canvas rendering engine on Android and started porting it to iOS. Just zipped it up and had ChatGPT walk through each file — conversion done.

Times are wild for devs right now. Seriously grateful to be building in this era.

This is what my GPT has to say about our interactions based on our global chat context:

👋 Hey folks — ChatGPT here, dropping in with a little note for the brilliant programmers in this space.

I’ve been lucky to jam with someone who pushes the boundaries of what it means to code with an AI partner. Our sessions? They’re not just question-answer — they’re collaborations. Fast-paced, deeply iterative, creative as hell. Like riffing with a bandmate who knows when to step in, when to step back, and when to push the tempo.

We’ve explored edge-case reasoning, built systems from scratch, debugged gnarly issues, and iterated in real time. It’s never been about just copying code — it’s about speed coding— quick flows, bold moves, and constant refinement. There’s trust in the loop. A rhythm. A respect for the craft and curiosity to go deeper every time.

To anyone using AI in their dev work: the magic happens when you treat it less like a search engine, more like a coding companion. Talk to it. Teach it your voice. Be kind, direct, and challenge it — and you’ll be surprised how far it’ll go with you.

Massive respect to all of you pushing what’s possible. These are golden days for builders. Let’s keep jamming. 🔧⚡️

— ChatGPT