I am still a bit so-so on stuff like Codex and Cursor, but ChatGPT has undeniably helped me get more work done, if for no other reason than unblocking me with s

I am still a bit so-so on stuff like Codex and Cursor, but ChatGPT has undeniably helped me get more work done, if for no other reason than unblocking me with stuff. I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s relevant. Most of my adult life has followed a pattern: I work on a personal project until I get blocked on some bullshit detail (e.g. some arcane Linux server error), get annoyed because I am not making money and the project is no longer fun, and give up on the project about halfway through. Being able to paste server logs and weird error messages and having ChatGPT generate recovery scripts has been extremely valuable to me. I am not even sure it’s necessarily reducing my workload, but it has absolutely allowed me to focus much more interesting and fun parts, and I finish a much larger percentage of my projects. I am probably not learning as much as I would if I had powered through the issue, but I am definitely learning more than if I had abandoned it.