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by zurtri 1276 days ago
ChatGPT has been very useful to rearrange text for me. Particularly when a journo wants original content for a question I've already answered.

The code it produces is at a junior level. It _looks_ right at first glance but when you implement it, it is rarely good code and often needs tweaks. It is good at general stuff but the more specific you need it to be, the worse it is.

It's a great project IMHO - the rewriting of text is so, so useful to me and saves a lot of time.

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That's true, but producing results that are close and just need tweaks is hugely valuable, as long as you're aware that's what you'll get. It's far faster to review and improve existing code than to start from scratch. Of course you need to be knowledgeable enough to identify if what it gives you is complete garbage that shouldn't be used as a basis, but for a good programmer, it could be a huge time-saver. Especially if you extrapolate into the future. Imaging a chatGPT-like feature built into IDEs, with the ability to generate code not just to a prompt, but in context.
I've started asking it to write tests for the previous answer. It helps with fixing up and hardening the solution