Why Should Developers use ChatGPT?

[@scotty3024]

ChatGPT helps me complete small tasks into which I've broken up my problem. Most of the time its answers need a bit of editing but overall it does a great job. However, where it really shines for me is niche stuff. You can scout the entire internet trying to find how to do something very rare and find nothing but ask ChatGPT and it will give you information instantly.

[@StefanMischook]

Thanks for confirming this.

[@mattizzle81]

Yes definitely my experience as well. Some people blow it off as “scripted” or “just pulling from existing code” but I’ve had to help me out with things where there are few if any examples.

[@andermendz]

That happens because ChatGPT don't have any concept or idea about What are you coding in a general level, i just wish they release an extension for VS Code or even a subscription, it would be terrifying how good it could be.

[@yannickkazadi944]

I used chat GPT to create an IAM policy in less than 10 minutes, normally this would have taken 3 hours as I will have to dive into the AWS documentation and Stackoevrflow. This tool really improves productivity.

[@kllokoq]

Totally agree. This week I had a question which needed to use the Date object (which I always forget how it's used) and it gave me an elegant solution, generating exactly what I needed. Much easier than going through a MDN doc, or a tutorial or stackoverlfow.

I've recently gotten into AI and computer vision, and I'm so glad ChatGPT exists. It's a great tool; it can give useful pieces of information. (as we know, information is probably the most valuable thing) However, it could be better, but it's an incredible productivity tool to work with.

[@seananih7609]

I’ve been using it for simple tasks that I don’t know how to do off-head and *for the most part* it’s been good. Most recently it helped me with a great and easy way to handle pagination.

[@StefanMischook]

Thanks for sharing! 🖖

[@William_Clinton_Muguai]

@@StefanMischook I started using ChatGPT recently and I really love it. It really saves me a lot of time searching on Google, clicking on various links in SRPs to look for the best answer, & wherefore saves me one step. It's conversationsl style is also phenomenal. Uncle Steff today posed like actor Will Smith, but I ain't ready for the slap😂😂. Thanks and keep up. I really love your vids.

[@StevePlaysBanjo]

But think of all the rubber ducks that’ll be out of jobs! (I kid, but for reals, I think this is a great application of ChatGPT. Get good at asking questions and get your thoughts unstuck and out of your heads. This may be particularly useful for developers working in isolation with WFH.)

[@cipanmandul]

yes, chatgpt is the best place to get instant answer for most of programming questions. At same time, chatgpt also help me to write some proposals or reports for my customers.

[@ETAonTheEUC]

lol i laughed at the excel guy not telling anyone he did 10 minutes of work a day/week. smart guy

[@banzai316]

Absolutely, just installed two plugins as of this morning with VS Code

[@Eupolemos]

Hey, thanks - I had gotten kinda tired of the AI boogaloo and haven't been paying attention despite some of my coworkers being stoked. Sounds like I should take a hard look. And yeah, it WAS a funny excel story 😂

[@robrobbins]

My job is mostly creating reports. I have created some SQL queries and programs to make generating these reports a little easier.

[@yaroslav8717]

I already use it in my work as a WordPress developer. It generates some scripts (and solutions!) really fast. But its not better than Google, it’s just another great tool🎉

[@warrenb2856]

Stef you seem to be on cutting edge of most things. I wish you would do a deeper dive on Web3 and digital assets though.

[@aneesahthequeen]

😍😍❤️❤️💙💙Hey Uncle Stef! Pray all is well❤️Thanks for all you do❤️

[@issiewizzie]

A great lesson -The tool is there to assist us

[@StefanMischook]

🖖

[@jasonwelsh417]

Do you agree that by the time AI can replace a job as complex and nuanced as software development, almost every other job will be replaced also?

[@StefanMischook]

Yep. The indicator will be that; when you see accountants and bookkeepers replaced, when you see many types of legal specialists replaced ... etc. Software development is far more complex than just about any other job, so devs will be among the last to be replaced IMHO.

[@evooff]

I would disagree because it's far better at coding than it is at those other jobs. Jobs that require a lot of talking and humans interacting with each other will remain, anything "technical" no matter how complex will be replaced quickly because the AI can do all those complicated things faster than humans.

[@warrenb2856]

@@evooff I would pose for your consideration that most of the jobs that require a lot of taking and humans interacting are just jobs that just have not been automated by AI yet.

[@limitless1692]

Jason Welsh That is a mith that I belived for many years... Firstly I belived that all labour jobs will be replaced before knowledge jobs... But look it is 2022 and ChatGPT is replacing knowledge jobs already. So the beliefe or mith that labour jobs will be replace first is false!!!

[@andywong2244]

thank you uncle Stef

[@ThePandaGuitar]

Appreciate the wisdom uncle stefan

[@sbypasser819]

chatGPT is very good at suggesting names for java classes in a hierarchy.

[@Emmanuel-px9lk]

Can you give an example of this ?

[@michaelrandle3370]

I agree. Chat gpt is GREAT for assistance . It’s just so easy to ask coding specific questions and get an answer. Would I use to write a whole program? No but it’s a great assistant 😂

[@dillonhansen71]

Really appreciate the feedback on ChatGPT!

[@StefanMischook]

🖖

[@bane2256]

GPT 4 is going to be quite something

[@TKnuckles333]

Hey Stefan. Great vid. Thank you. Looks like you, and I, are of the same generation, and we think alike. 👍 Hey. I recently watched your vid on Flutter. Another great vid. Thank you. Do you have any updated thoughts on Flutter? My company is fully onboard with Flutter now. Not only on mobile, but we're also using Flutter for some web and desktop apps. Happy New Year, bud, and may 2023 be a good one for ya. Cheers. 🤟

[@StefanMischook]

Happy New Year. I have no update on Flutter except to say, AFAIK, Google still uses it for the their main adwords web app; so it must work well.

[@btkb1427]

Great video! But remember guys, OpenAi stores and keeps what you enter :) it's in the FAQ

[@ore_bear8045]

When you know what you want to do and why, but not how , chatgpt speeds up the process compered to google 5-100x

[@redpillsatori3020]

Why should they use it? Because it's effing awesome, and it cuts my dev time in half and makes it way easier to learn things using natural language. I used to hate doing MongoDB aggregate queries, but they're a breeze now with ChatGTP.

[@christopherrimplington3643]

ChatGPT asks for my phone number :S (?). How do you do with 2FA and giving your number? You buy a phone specially for that so don't give your personal number?

[@olyvarjohannes6094]

Yuge!!!!!!

[@StefanMischook]

That's what she said.

[@olyvarjohannes6094]

@@StefanMischook 😂😂😂

[@ryanquinn1257]

It’s Clippy on steroids. A smart aid who can find things faster than you. Learn to use it or learn what you’re doing when you’re replaced by it or people who use it.

[@kegami7997]

I can't stop blame myself about why i didn't learned web dev 5-7 years ago. It was ALOT easy to start, and find junior position. In 2015 I tried Java and a little bit frontend, but dropped it. Now idk, it's really more complex and people legit fighting for junior dev positions. And chatgpt legit can cut alot of devs jobs, we can't predict how SE jobs will be demand after some years...

[@adumekwebenedictikechukwu1564]

Thank you. Uncle Steff

[@StefanMischook]

Any time. 🖖

[@nattsurfaren]

What is really annoying with ChatGPT is that when the code becomes too long it will stop in the middle. The solution is to ask it to break the code into smaller functions and then to list each part.

[@anthonybisong6744]

Also just ask it to continue by typing "continue" if it did not complete giving you the information or code

[@nattsurfaren]

@@anthonybisong6744 I didn't know that. Thanks. I will try it.

[@toddboothbee1361]

Can you use the ChatGPT app under a pseudonym?

[@warrenb2856]

It appears you just need an email. They have not implemented KYC with photo IDs etc. yet.

[@toddboothbee1361]

@@warrenb2856 I made the mistake of reading the contract, and one of the things you're contracted into is to not provide false information. I assume that means you're supposed to provide your real name. Google tried this, but that didn't last long.

[@bytecorner123]

Only time will tell what will happen.

[@guilherme5094]

👍

[@forgottenjamroom9824]

You dont get it this is the beginning of the end

[@StefanMischook]

Yes, but Ai will replace many other jobs long before software development. 🖖

[@redpillsatori3020]

For you maybe. Adapt or perish.

[@forgottenjamroom9824]

@@StefanMischook im sorry gice it a year or more itll look like the terminator movies I wish id taken your coding courses instead of going the udemy route

[@NewLondonMarshall]

@@forgottenjamroom9824 Nope! Remember when things like tabnine and kite were created, it just made developers more efficient. This is no different.

[@forgottenjamroom9824]

@@NewLondonMarshall not this time were in the last days i love computer development yet now i see im just working to build my own digital prison

[@tonybrown9208]

Is this about to be the topic for every video now? GPT. Can we get back to software architecture

[@StefanMischook]

This relates back to development is a serious way. 🖖

[@tonybrown9208]

@@StefanMischook ok I trust you

[@FalkoJoseph]

AI & language models like GPT-3 will become a major foundation of software development this decade, so I think it’s really interesting to cover this.

[@tonybrown9208]

@@FalkoJoseph I was just fw Steph fr. I've been following him for years. The last 4 videos were about GPT 😆. But im quite aware of the impact gpt can have on software. I myself used gpt-3 to replicate your Todo list Falko

[@dancamarda4793]

I'm not a programer or scripter but I have to write and use PowerShell scripts. I created a ChatGPT account for work and I have a personal ChatGPT account - could use one but I got cute and made a ridiculous password for my first account, which was my personal account, and so I made one at work also. Anyway. I know enough PowerShell that for the tasks I need done I can have ChatGPT write scripts for me and I can typically recognize when something is wrong. And of course can just use -Whatif just in case which probably is a good idea. Anyway, yea, scripting/coding is definitely a great use because it isn't opinion. If you ask ChatGPT what the best microphone is that is totally subjective and it can't really give a great answer. It will try I'm sure but the answer isn't going to be worth anything as anyone who understands audio will immediately understand. But if you ask ChatGPT to write a PowerShell script that changes the password of every Office 365 user using a specific domain for their UPN and output the passwords to a csv file it works great. I just wish the typematic rate was higher as the code appears on screen a bit slowly. That said ChatGPT is not as useful to me to write C++ or Pearl because I don't have any knowledge or experience with C++ or Pearl. The only way I can vet anything ChatGPT would give me for C++ is to try to compile it and see what happens, or Google all the commands and see if I can understand what they do and what their proper use cases are. I'm actually building more and more PowerShell scripts day by day and I use ChatGPT for help with some of it so I just have scripts ready to roll for pretty much any use case I can think of. PowerShell is great if you are able to leverage it; MASSIVE PITA if you can't.

[@StefanMischook]

Good comment.