I will give it this. It's been actually pretty helpful in me learning a new language because what I'll do is that I'll grab an example of something in working code that's kind of what I want, I'll say "This, but do X" then when the output doesn't work, I study the differences between the chatGPT output & the example code to learn why it doesn't work.

It's a weird learning tool but it works for me.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's great for explaining snippets of code.

[–] pohart@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've also found it very helpful with configuration files. It tells me how someone familiar with the tool would expect it to work. I've found it's rarely right, but it can get me to something reasonable and then I can drill into why it doesn't work.

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, and I think this is how it should be looked at. It is a hyper focused and tailored search engine. It can provide info, but the "doing" not as well.