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ChatGPT Isn't as Good at Coding as We Thought (www.pcmag.com)
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ChatGPT Isn't as Good at Coding as We Thought::undefined

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[โ€“] abhibeckert 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] nbafantest 0 points 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.