Yes
my guess is it has saved me hundreds of hours
neuronet on Hacker News
saved me hundreds of hours
In the thread “AI Stole the Joy of Programming”
Helped: Drafting tests and understanding project organization.
Got in the way: Getting stuck in local minima requiring manual fixes.
… I never really learned it properly, and when I have a well-documented function, CGPT typically does a decent job making a rough draft. I often have to work on the test function, fix some things, but the final product is way better than the PoS I would have put together: my guess is it has saved me hundreds of hours. I have developed a decent understanding of fixtures, mocking, sharing fixtures across modules, etc, all with the help of ChatGPT. …