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by dukeyukey 836 days ago
It's more like having an overeager intern around 24/7. Good at spitting back documentation at me or finding something from Stack Overflow, but really struggles with much else.

Ise use ChatGPT and Copilot all day, they're incredible useful! But let's not overstate their power.

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I don't use copilot so can't vouch for its accuracy but I have heard it produces code with security holes a large percentage of the time. I do use GPT-4. ChatGPT (GPT 3.5) is not that great. GPT-4 blows it out of the water. Let's take SQL as an example.

As a software engineer/founder, I've used it to write all kinds of advanced queries for Tunnelmole that get all kinds of metrics which previously would have require a Data team. You can write a prompt like "here is my table structure, give me a query to get my abandoned cart rate".

If I ever hire engineers for my project, prompting is a skill I'll be looking for.