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by lanstin 1175 days ago
I had hoped to have ChatGPT do my work today, but even after a number of iterations it was having compiler errors and referring to APIs not in the versions it was having me install.

A bit different from stack overflow, but not 10x. It was flawless when I asked it for syntax, e.g. a map literal initializer in Go.

On the other hand, I asked it to write a design for the server, and it was quite good, writing more quantity with and more clarity than I had written during my campaign to get the server approved. It even suggested a tweak I had not thought of, although that tweak turned out to be wrong it was worth checking out.

So maybe heads down coding of complex stuff will be ok but architects, who have indeed provided an impressive body of training data, will be replaced. :)