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I can report that I have learned more about bash scripting in the past couple of years using ChatGPT to write all manner of scripts, than I did in the previous
by dools 2y ago
I can report that I have learned more about bash scripting in the past couple of years using ChatGPT to write all manner of scripts, than I did in the previous 20 years of copying and pasting things off StackOverflow.
- JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 2y agoYou’re supposed to learn by reading books and doing exercises by yourself (https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/). SO is equivalent to ChatGPT and will teach you nothing deep.
- dools 2y agoDisagree that it's the equivalent of SO. Unlike SO, I can ask it why it is doing something and as a result I can better understand what it writes, I can create little test cases, and make sure it's not going to do anything destructive or incorrect. Given the fact that I only ever write bash scripts when I need to "make computer do thing now now now now now" the likelihood that I would ever take the time to deeply learn the ins and outs of bash are slim to none. I can ask it to explain certain constructs and give me worked examples very quickly to improve my understanding. Even though I can't say I could reproduce all the various things that it has written for me, I know things that bash can do that I was never aware of before, and I can recognise lots of things in the syntax now that would previously have looked like gibberish.
- HKH2 2y agoYeah, we all learn exactly the same way. We're all great at reading books and following steps in the right order.
- kamaal 2y agoThe difference is you can't query or chat with a book. You can with a LLM. So if you are learning some thing new, you can keep poking and asking questions until you reach some level of understanding. Im guessing with a book a lot of that has to happen with yourself.
- horizon10 2y agoAgreed. I have learned more about AI using chatGPT compared to traditional stuff.