I agree in the sense that, in its current state, will not replace devs entirely. But it can make the workflow much easier for many devs, to the point where you'

I agree in the sense that, in its current state, will not replace devs entirely. But it can make the workflow much easier for many devs, to the point where you'd possibly need less of them or can get more done with the same amount. I commented about somewhere else in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38259425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38259425 But basically I have found that it is a really powerful general purpose assistant/brainstorming pall for a lot of the things that would normally eat up a lot of time. To expand on that, it isn't even limited to code, but also surrounding tasks. I have used it to round out documentation in various ways. Either by giving it a lot of the rough information and asking to write coherent documentation for me, or by giving me feedback. The other way around it has helped me onboard on new projects by giving it bits and pieces of written text where I had trouble understanding what the document said. In the same sense when dealing with management bullshit I have used it to just presenting it with what was asked, telling it my view on it and then asking it to come up with responses based around certain perspectives. Which meant I had to spend less mental bandwidth on inane stuff there as well. And yes, a lot of it can also be achieved in a team with other people. But, those people aren't always around and also have their own things to do. The advantage of tools like ChatGPT is that they don't get tired, so I can really channel my inner toddler and just keeping asking "why" until I am satisfied with the answer. Even if there are other people available to turn to for help, ChatGPT can also help in refining the questions you want to ask.