Re:Asking ChatGPT to write my security-sensitive code for me
by varispeed on Saturday January 07, 2023 @06:54AM
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I find ChatGPT extremely helpful.
I had to do a piece of work in the domain barely known to me, so I didn't even know what to look for to achieve my goal. So I started with some generic questions e.g. "how to do X using Y". It listed me some steps and most importantly the terms used in that domain so now I had something to do research with.
Then I was asking deeper and more specific questions and at the same time using Google to reference with more trustworthy sources.
It helped me so much that I had a proof of concept working in a week.
If not for ChatGPT I'd probably keep postponing this forever.
I see ChatGPT as a hammer - useful tool, but is hammer going to replace a carpenter? Doubt it.
I had to do a piece of work in the domain barely known to me, so I didn't even know what to look for to achieve my goal. So I started with some generic questions e.g. "how to do X using Y". It listed me some steps and most importantly the terms used in that domain so now I had something to do research with. Then I was asking deeper and more specific questions and at the same time using Google to reference with more trustworthy sources. It helped me so much that I had a proof of concept working in a week.
If not for ChatGPT I'd probably keep postponing this forever.
I see ChatGPT as a hammer - useful tool, but is hammer going to replace a carpenter? Doubt it.