How can swes actually use ChatGPT
Cool that chat gpt can write code, but how can swes actually use it for their job without sending openai a bunch of their company’s code? Example would be super helpful Non swe trying to learn coding. Tc: 💩 Yoe: 1
Kid. There are so many more uses than putting in your companies code.
I believe you! But I don’t understand yet
Don’t ask it to correct code. Ask it how to write code. It can really help remove the need to research boilerplate. I.e If you are writing bash, it can help you avoid fiddle-fucking your way through the right conditional syntax.
it's good for generic questions that don't reveal anything proprietary like "refactor this for loop into a java 8 stream / collector"
I use it for code snippets, suggesting ML packages and how to quick write a ML Skeleton
Used it today to find which design pattern will fit my use-case.
Use it instead of stackoverflow for code snippets