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This is slightly tangential, but has anyone recently used ChatGPT for non-trivial programming tasks where you start typing a precise description of what you need from the system and by the time you finish writing it you realise there's a simple way to do it? It has happened to me several times and it was as if serialising the problem was the hard part, like that famous Einstein quote.


That's just classic rubber duck debugging, where explaining the problem forces you to organize your thoughts. It's a good practice!


50% of my Github Issues posts never end up being submitted because writing it out for the understanding of others helps me find the solution myself.




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