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Discussion on: 50 Chat GPT Prompts Every Software Developer Should Know (Tested)

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Uriel Bitton • Edited

I've been using github copilot for almost 2 years. It's way better for code generation than chatgpt, even though they're both based on open AI.

Chatgpt gets very frustrating sometimes. I've mastered chatgpt for code generation, I know exactly how to get it to generate the code I need, but it takes time and a lot of repeating and corrections. It's not smart enough right now. Even when I get a perfect result for X and Y I ask it to repeat the same exact task for Z and it will give me an incorrect and inconsistent result.

It's ok though gpt is in its infancy, it will get really good with time.

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Ferb

I've found using the two together can be helpful. In my django project I found if I don't know how exactly to implement something, I can explore solutions with Chatgpt and code it with Copilot. Has anyone else found this?

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James Ajayi

Absolutely. It's the more reason why developers have to see chatGPT as a tool and not just an end in itself.

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And also Copilot has a smooth integration and user experience with VSCode, it saves a lot of time and effort, I don't have to manually switch between ChatGPT and the editor to copy and paste relevant information or code snippets.