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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by ericmcer on Thursday May 11, 2023 @11:54AM (#35904003)
Try coding in a language/style you are not familiar with.

It is not revolutionary for areas you specialize in, but if I try using it for something like setting up a web scraper with python (something I understand conceptually but have never done) it feels pretty amazing.

My one concern is that if I use it for JS I can immediately spot issues with it, but I am too ignorant of python to spot subtle problems.

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by d23 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @11:58AM (#35904063)
It’s definitely awesome for that, but for me, on side projects even in languages I’m familiar with, getting ChatGPT to write the boring annoying stuff, or things that would require a bit of referencing (like a library I’ve not completely memorized), I’ve still found it to be pretty useful.
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