[gizmo]

Today, chatGPT can do zero percent 0% of the actual programming I do. I use chatGPT to find a library function or to find command line options and other simple stuff.

But actual programming? ChatGPT can only write completely trivial scaffolding code. I don’t understand how people get a significant productivity boost out of it when chatGPT can’t do design, can’t do algorithms, can’t do concurrency, can’t do architecture. I like chatGPT but I don’t see how it can even double my productivity.

[thaway_thaway34]

You’re probably not talking to it right way. You need to build up the story. It doesn’t look up information, it only maintains coherence. You need to bring up key points for your design, have a chat. Then start asking for code. Unless you have a starting code, then give that and chat on top of it.

I am getting at least 5x boost in productivity.

Just last night, I solved 7-8 bugs consecutively.

[gizmo]

My prompts are pretty basic but also I have to spell everything out or the output will be wrong. I can poke and prod until I get something approximately correct, but I have to give step by step instructions for the simplest things like you would when coaching a slow student.