ChatGPT Isn’t as Good at Coding as We Thought::undefined

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Except that in code, you can write unit tests and have checks that it absolutely has to get precisely correct.

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      1 year ago

      If you have to write the code and tests yourself… That’s just normal coding then

      • abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You don’t, you get it to write both the code and the tests. And you read both of them yourself. And you run them in a debugger to verify they do what you expect.

        Yeah, that’s half the work of “normal coding” but it’s also half the work. Which is a pretty awesome boost to productivity.

        But where it really boosts your productivity is with APIs that you aren’t very familiar with. ChatGPT is a hell of a lot better than Google for simple “what API can I use for X” questions.

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          1 year ago

          You might have to rewrite all of it. The code and the tests.

          Hell even the structure/outline it took might not be correct.