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> sits in the way of solutions and learning a new technology How so? I find it to be most useful in that exact area. Taking your existing code and turning it i
by moffkalast 3y ago
> sits in the way of solutions and learning a new technology
How so? I find it to be most useful in that exact area. Taking your existing code and turning it into another language, implementing something with a library you want to try but can't be arsed to read the docs for, making a first draft of an implementation you're not sure how to begin, or just researching what exists in general. Learning new things has never been this easy.
- steve_adams_86 3y agoI agree. I generally use it to learn something that’s in the way of me getting something done. In an example I gave elsewhere, I used it to figure out how to generate a jigsaw puzzle with three.js. I had no clear path forward at first, but I finished most of the project in a few hours in the end. It would have been a lot longer without GPT. Having said that, I still like to dig around the internet and go on tangents. Having fast answers is great in some contexts, but I still value going on deep dives and collecting all kinds of unexpected (even if irrelevant) bits of knowledge. That’s actually preferably, but only possible when I’ve got a lot of time on my hands. Which isn’t very often.
- mnky9800n 3y agoIt could be a me problem because lately I'm stretched too thin but it seems to end up being a crutch too often when programming in unfamiliar languages and then I don't have the time to go on and understand what's going on before I move to the next step. This has obvious compounding issues.