Most of the codes I copied from GPT doesn’t even work Seems I spent more time fixing it compared to thinking it myself
Seems I spent more time fixing it compared to thinking it myself
AI code is just bad code written by someone else that I now have to fix, and we all know the one job every coder loves is fixing code written by someone who you cannot ask: “why did you do it this way?”
You can definitely ask… It’s just the answer might infuriate you even more
Often when I tell ChatGPT what error its code produced it will immediately figure out what the bug was and fix it.
interacting with chatgpt is a learned skill
i’ve used it several times and while the initial code may have some issues you can get them cleared up with a few direct follow ups
I recall reading a while back of one person’s strategy, whenever ChatGPT generates code for him he immediately tells ChatGPT “there’s a bug in that code” (without checking or specifying). It’ll often find one.
Another approach I’ve heard of is to tell ChatGPT that it’s supposed to roleplay two roles when generating code, a programmer and a code reviewer. The code reviewer tidies up the initial code and fixes bugs.
Since often ChatGPT’s code works fine for me I don’t usually bother with these steps initially, since I’m usually just wanting a quick and dirty script for a one-off task the quality doesn’t matter much in my case.
The art is the same. AI is just like asking an art student to draw you a picture. Might be good, might look terrible. Don’t ask for hands.
I’ve had success with trivial things, like write a log file parser with this pattern, or give me a basic 3 part left-right-center header in html. Works ok for trivial side projects. I would never trust it in production. Its a tool, nothing more at this point. Like an electric drill, better than a hand crank, but you still need to know how to use it.
Yea I genuinely hope we get to the point where I don’t have write code. Let me describe the architecture and algorithms with my voice in English. I’d much rather spend my time solving abstract problems than typing syntax. If I have to essentially “teach” the AI what I want by dropping down the ladder of abstraction sometimes, that’s OK.
My favourite use of ChatGPT is
Optimize below function
Me a CS student that bet all my future in the field: yes totally happy about this
