Re:Ask HN: How has ChatGPT affected your day to day work?
by junkerm on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:55AM
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Last month I needed to work in C/C++ which I usually don't, so ChatGPT helped me quite a bit, mainly to save time for researching, trial and error, etc. For example:
- I received a bunch of C files (~100) in a non-trivial folder structure from a code generator, however without a Makefile or something similar. GPT generated a Makefile based on the folder structure.
- I needed to add a couple of functions regarding reading and parsing a certain binary file structure. GPT was a good help here, too.
Additionally I was reading about some topics in linear algebra. I asked GPT to produce a intuitive explanation of the topics. This then helped me to work through the abstract description.
- I received a bunch of C files (~100) in a non-trivial folder structure from a code generator, however without a Makefile or something similar. GPT generated a Makefile based on the folder structure.
- I needed to add a couple of functions regarding reading and parsing a certain binary file structure. GPT was a good help here, too.
Additionally I was reading about some topics in linear algebra. I asked GPT to produce a intuitive explanation of the topics. This then helped me to work through the abstract description.