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by primitivesuave 894 days ago
I'm a software developer and use it for one-off tasks like image processing (create an SVG from a folder of images), quick visualization of data (read a giant JSON file and create bar charts from certain keys), file preparation, and much more. It's taken me several years to really feel like a power user, where I intuitively know which functions to use and how to compose/customize them. When I worked at Wolfram Research (over a decade ago), I even made a proof-of-concept for programming Arduino microcontrollers and controlling them directly from the notebook interface.

It's a powerful tool with a steep learning curve - hopefully the LLM assistant will help with this.