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I don't know about ChatGPT, but for me Phind [1] really lowered my SO usage [1] https://www.phind.com/ https://www.phind.com/

by nolok 3y ago

6DM 3y ago
I've tried Phind a few times, but my gripe with it, so far, is it gives me outdated examples that don't work because the API has changed. Is there some magic keywords I should be including to prevent that?
- nolok 3y ago
  Not sure about that, it's been mostly good for me in the case I needed it
  - 6DM 3y ago
    Maybe my use case of dotnet core development is going to be different than for python devs.
- rounakdatta 3y ago
  Make sure that you're logged in, and have turned on the GPT-4 toggle?
  - 6DM 3y ago
    I assume that by GPT-4, you're talking about the "Use Best Model" toggle right?
chx 3y ago
It's ... interesting. I asked how do i remove diacritics from unicode characters https://www.phind.com/search?cache=bd2b33eb-9454-4d38-975e-133fe92ccc91 https://www.phind.com/search?cache=bd2b33eb-9454-4d38-975e-1... and it answered with multiple Python code snippets with the second solution getting close to the real solution but is slow and incorrect. Now if I ask the question I actually want how do i remove diacritics from unicode characters with php https://www.phind.com/search?cache=c29fe466-16cc-4795-94bf-01fb0f6d6146 https://www.phind.com/search?cache=c29fe466-16cc-4795-94bf-0... then you can see it misunderstanding the question: the first answer is the desirable output (I suspect it only works for latin letters tho) except for the iconv problems mentioned but the second is completely incorrect. The third answer is close but no cigar as it only works with Latin characters. The answer I wanted to see is using the ICU library to run the rules NFD; [:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove; NFC. as mentioned on https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/transforms/general/ https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/transforms/gener... and https://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc22/a339.html https://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc22/a339.html and a million other places but I wanted to link only official Unicode documentation.
gs17 3y ago
I'm not getting great results. It seems to love to latch on to a keyword in the question and run with it (maybe the GPT-4 version does better). I asked a question about async in Rust, it gave me a comparison between threads and async and then kept going in that direction instead of answering what I asked. I mentioned a specific crate as something I wanted an alternative to, and it told me a description of the crate. Rephrasing the question a few times eventually got a correct answer, but it's not much better than going straight to ChatGPT.
waselighis 3y ago
It's far from perfect, but in my experience, it's much better than both ChatGPT and Bard. I've also used it to ask non-technical questions, and it often generates a good response, so not really just "for developers".

I don't know about ChatGPT, but for me Phind [1] really lowered my SO usage [1] https://www.phind.com/ https://www.phind.com/

by nolok 3y ago

I don't know about ChatGPT, but for me Phind [1] really lowered my SO usage [1] https://www.phind.com/ https://www.phind.com/

6DM 3y ago

I've tried Phind a few times, but my gripe with it, so far, is it gives me outdated examples that don't work because the API has changed. Is there some magic keywords I should be including to prevent that?

nolok 3y ago
Not sure about that, it's been mostly good for me in the case I needed it
- 6DM 3y ago
  Maybe my use case of dotnet core development is going to be different than for python devs.
rounakdatta 3y ago
Make sure that you're logged in, and have turned on the GPT-4 toggle?
- 6DM 3y ago
  I assume that by GPT-4, you're talking about the "Use Best Model" toggle right?

chx 3y ago

It's ... interesting. I asked how do i remove diacritics from unicode characters https://www.phind.com/search?cache=bd2b33eb-9454-4d38-975e-133fe92ccc91 https://www.phind.com/search?cache=bd2b33eb-9454-4d38-975e-1... and it answered with multiple Python code snippets with the second solution getting close to the real solution but is slow and incorrect. Now if I ask the question I actually want how do i remove diacritics from unicode characters with php https://www.phind.com/search?cache=c29fe466-16cc-4795-94bf-01fb0f6d6146 https://www.phind.com/search?cache=c29fe466-16cc-4795-94bf-0... then you can see it misunderstanding the question: the first answer is the desirable output (I suspect it only works for latin letters tho) except for the iconv problems mentioned but the second is completely incorrect. The third answer is close but no cigar as it only works with Latin characters. The answer I wanted to see is using the ICU library to run the rules NFD; [:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove; NFC. as mentioned on https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/transforms/general/ https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/transforms/gener... and https://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc22/a339.html https://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc22/a339.html and a million other places but I wanted to link only official Unicode documentation.

gs17 3y ago

I'm not getting great results. It seems to love to latch on to a keyword in the question and run with it (maybe the GPT-4 version does better). I asked a question about async in Rust, it gave me a comparison between threads and async and then kept going in that direction instead of answering what I asked. I mentioned a specific crate as something I wanted an alternative to, and it told me a description of the crate. Rephrasing the question a few times eventually got a correct answer, but it's not much better than going straight to ChatGPT.

waselighis 3y ago

It's far from perfect, but in my experience, it's much better than both ChatGPT and Bard. I've also used it to ask non-technical questions, and it often generates a good response, so not really just "for developers".