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We're cooked y'all 🤣 (lemmy.ml)

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[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's great for explaining snippets of code.

[–] pohart@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've also found it very helpful with configuration files. It tells me how someone familiar with the tool would expect it to work. I've found it's rarely right, but it can get me to something reasonable and then I can drill into why it doesn't work.

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, and I think this is how it should be looked at. It is a hyper focused and tailored search engine. It can provide info, but the "doing" not as well.