AI + Coding

[FlyingCow]

Hi everyone, I'm an amateur coder and new to using AI for coding assistance and I'm curious how you all utilize it effectively in your projects. Which AI tools or platforms do you prefer for coding assistance and why?

 

[Smackhead]

I use chatgpt most days just for efficiency.. either use it to explore ideas or to perform trivial coding tasks. For example yesterday I need to set up a scraper utilising blob storage.. whilst I was figuring out which elements needed scraping I set chatgpt away with initializing the browser automation along with storage read and write functions. I drop in API responses and have chatgpt create classes etc.. gives me the efficiency of two. It helps being an experienced developer to spot when it makes errors but its as good as having another dev working with you.

One thing to note is it does also make you lazy if they turn it off, I might not be as productive as I once was.. at least not for a week or two.

 

[Gogol]

Hi everyone, I'm an amateur coder and new to using AI for coding assistance and I'm curious how you all utilize it effectively in your projects. Which AI tools or platforms do you prefer for coding assistance and why?

I use copilot x regularly during work. It’s built in to vs code, and it saves a hell lot of time with repeated tasks. But I wouldn’t suggest a new programmer to use it, because if you do not know what you are doing, your code may end up having inefficient and vulnerable logic.


Another tool I really like is the ai documentation generator within postman. It can generate docs based on your api code instantly. Too bad I ran out of “free” usage this month and I somehow cannot find a way to buy it for $9/month.

 

[Gabriel Michael]

I use both chatgpt and bard, those are the two chatgpt platforms that I regularly use. In my opinion, chatgpt gives general results while bard is very detailed and complete. But the advice is that you should not abuse chatgpt too much, it will make you dependent on it and later your brain will be less active if chatgpt disappears you will not be able to do anything.

 

[MKSKS]

I just use ChatGPT and CodeLlama to debug and troubleshoot for bugs & errors.

 

[FUTP]

I use ChatGPT as well, but if you want to use it effictively you should know at least basics of the language that you are working with. basically, ai helps to solve algorithmic problems, but it not that creative as even medium dev, so don`t expect chatgpt to create all from scratch

 

[BertIsFat]

I mainly use chatGPT to assist me with my amateur coding stuff. Heard lots of good stuff about Github Copilot but never tried it myself, you might also want to checkout the GPT store for something specific if you have a subscription.