HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Can non-programmers learn what coding is like by asking ChatGPT to code?


Moreover, can non-programmers obtain intuition about how difficult a task is to code by asking ChatGPT to write code for various tasks?


  👤 gtvwill Accepted Answer ✓
Lol I would call myself a non programmer. Only ever did a few units at uni. Basically just do it now to get job done, can read it but am AVG at writing. Lol I've done about 2 to 3 weeks worth of work coding powershell and mikrotik scripts yesterday using chat gpt.

Few tips for anyone doing it. You can feed it updated API if you need while scripting :) Also if it breaks halfway through code response you can get it to reprint from just before the break. Can help if your trying to get code out but it's getting hammered by overuse.

It can't write ms flows but it can write powershell scripts that implement flows :) it really just depends how you ask it :)

Edit: also based on this, rip saas businesses. Why pay for something I can use gpt to smash a script out for?