Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by naderkhalil » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 8:22 PM UTC

Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable
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Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by waynesonfire » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 9:47 PM UTC

yeah, game changer. it's deprecated having to click on links for common use-cases and not only that, it's improved it by more than 10x. can't wait to see this technology evolve.

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by john2x » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 9:54 PM UTC

It's semi-replaced Google and StackOverflow for me. It's like having an interactive rubber duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by worldsayshi » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

john2x wrote: post #3

It's semi-replaced Google and StackOverflow for me. It's like having an interactive rubber duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

I try to use it like this sometimes but then I realise I now have two problems. I have to debug my own code and its code.

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by tottenval » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:00 PM UTC

Github Copilot can do this too.

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by generalizations » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:02 PM UTC

ChatGPT has been amazing for all kinds of programming-adjacent things, even in my line of work where I asked it for help modifying the config file for a selfhosted gitlab instance.

> But [Bash] fucking sucks. Like, it’s truly awful to write [...]

As an aside, considering how basic the shell script actually was, I think this is a great example of being so intimidated by something that you don't actually try and use it - until you do, and discover it wasn't actually that bad. The hardest part was just discovering the incantations for interacting with Chrome - which was a fantastic demo of the power of ChatGPT.

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by someguy101010 » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:06 PM UTC

worldsayshi wrote: post #4

john2x wrote: post #3

It's semi-replaced Google and StackOverflow for me. It's like having an interactive rubber duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

I try to use it like this sometimes but then I realise I now have two problems. I have to debug my own code and its code.

it can usually debug itself if you give it an error message

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by olalonde » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:06 PM UTC

I don't understand how people can look at this and still claim that it's not doing any "actual reasoning".

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by mozman » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:08 PM UTC

I find bash to be pretty awesome, it’s super easy for an old hat like me to use. It just works and it has been mostly unchanged, two core principles more projects should consider.

Re: Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable

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Post by SpencerMLevitt » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:08 PM UTC

This is an awesome walkthrough and gets me thinking about all the other automation tasks I could get done with ChatGPT-driven bash scripts... can take this same approach to context switching for actual apps. For ex: "dev" branch can open up vscode, terminal windows, linear, server logs, etc, while "marketing" branch can open up slack, chrome (to email), twitter, notion, etc