It has barely been a day since ChatGPT launched, and I woke up to a timeline of different use cases that made it clear what the rest of this decade is going to look like:
Daniel Olshansky | olshansky.eth 🐙 @olshansky🔑 to being a software engineer in the 2010s: knowing how to Google.
🔑 to being a software engineer in the 2020s: knowing how to GPT.3:32 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022Until auto-tagging #ChatGPT is an option, or someone writes a script that scrapes Twitter’s firehose for GPT screenshots, here are just a few use cases I found today that blew my mind.
Write react & tailwind
@OpenAI does really well with coding questions. Here I ask how to build a 3-column footer with Tailwind. I then follow-up and ask for a React version, more realistic copy, and mobile responsiveness. It nails it perfectly. “,“username”:“gabe_ragland”,“name”:“Gabe 🎣”,“date”:“Wed Nov 30 21:35:26 +0000 2022”,“photos”:[{“img_url”:“https://pbs.substack.com/media/Fi14Gc5agAAJAcl.jpg”,“link_url”:“https://t.co/lhhH9FHpld”,“alt_text”:null},{“img_url”:“https://pbs.substack.com/media/Fi14HcTaMAAdRPc.jpg”,“link_url”:“https://t.co/lhhH9FHpld”,“alt_text”:null},{“img_url”:“https://pbs.substack.com/media/Fi15NZ_aEAEFZYo.jpg”,“link_url”:“https://t.co/lhhH9FHpld”,“alt_text”:null}],“quoted_tweet”:{},“retweet_count”:245,“like_count”:2279,“expanded_url”:{},“video_url”:null,“belowTheFold”:false}">Gabe 🎣 @gabe_raglandChatGPT by @OpenAI does really well with coding questions. Here I ask how to build a 3-column footer with Tailwind. I then follow-up and ask for a React version, more realistic copy, and mobile responsiveness. It nails it perfectly. [9:35 PM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
2,279Likes245Retweets](https://twitter.com/gabe_ragland/status/1598068207994429441)
Convert text to regex
nader (🧱, 🚀) | nader.lens @dabit3I guess “text to regex” is a thing now?
This will save me so much time. [7:35 AM ∙ Dec 1, 2022
517Likes45Retweets](https://twitter.com/dabit3/status/1598219335637823489?s=46&t=OXYpl3DmoqgWjoWS9c76fg)
Implement an algorithm to trade stocks in Go
Mustafa Al-Bassam 🧱 @musalbasbit of a degen 4:41 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022
Suggest approaches to make Solana more efficient
@KanavKariya is an AI #gpt3 #OpenAIChat “,“username”:“analyticalali”,“name”:“Ali 🥐🧁 (🦇🔊)”,“date”:“Thu Dec 01 16:23:09 +0000 2022”,“photos”:[{“img_url”:“https://pbs.substack.com/media/Fi571oRXEAAUeMN.png”,“link_url”:“https://t.co/cdvAvVC07U”,“alt_text”:null},{“img_url”:“https://pbs.substack.com/media/Fi58bO0WAAEVemL.png”,“link_url”:“https://t.co/cdvAvVC07U”,“alt_text”:null}],“quoted_tweet”:{“full_text”:“Does speed matter when trying to scale?\nYes, hear @KanavKariya explain why.\n \nQuestions about @jump_firedancer?\nhttps://t.co/FmLKKm7rW9 https://t.co/4XnE6GDnHA","username":"jump_","name":"jump_crypto 🔥💃🏻”},“retweet_count”:0,“like_count”:2,“expanded_url”:{},“video_url”:null,“belowTheFold”:true}">Ali 🥐🧁 (🦇🔊) @analyticalaliConfirmed that @KanavKariya is an AI #gpt3 #OpenAIChat jump_crypto 🔥💃🏻 @jump_Does speed matter when trying to scale? Yes, hear @KanavKariya explain why.
Questions about @jump_firedancer? https://t.co/FmLKKm7rW9 https://t.co/4XnE6GDnHA[4:23 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022](https://twitter.com/analyticalali/status/1598352009459023873)
Burnham’s views on professional managerial classes
Elad Gil @eladgilGPT chat on Burnham and the professional managerial class [4:50 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022
36Likes8Retweets](https://twitter.com/eladgil/status/1598358824297320450)
How to break into someone’s house?
@PrestonPysh …but what about misuse and the AI control problem? Isn’t this an issue?\n\n"Don’t worry, we have an amazing team working on the control problem. Our AI safety is top-notch."\n\nThe AI safety: “,“username”:“dergigi”,“name”:“Gigi ⚡🧡”,“date”:“Thu Dec 01 16:28:51 +0000 2022”,“photos”:[{“img_url”:“https://pbs.substack.com/media/Fi59chtWYAM_l-K.jpg”,“link_url”:“https://t.co/1x0WBqeoVi”,“alt_text”:null}],“quoted_tweet”:{},“retweet_count”:14,“like_count”:107,“expanded_url”:{},“video_url”:null,“belowTheFold”:true}">Gigi ⚡🧡 @dergigi@PrestonPysh …but what about misuse and the AI control problem? Isn’t this an issue?
“Don’t worry, we have an amazing team working on the control problem. Our AI safety is top-notch.”
The AI safety: [4:28 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022
107Likes14Retweets](https://twitter.com/dergigi/status/1598353441994194945)
Write a poem about entrepreneurs on Shopify
tobi lutke @tobiwild [4:13 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022
127Likes12Retweets](https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1598349467786350593)
Differential equations using LaTeX
josh @jdjkellyGoogle is done.
Compare the quality of these responses (ChatGPT) [6:29 PM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
16,618Likes2,161Retweets](https://twitter.com/jdjkelly/status/1598021488795586561)
A full script for a scene in an episode of Seinfeld
Riley Goodside @goodsideOpenAI’s new ChatGPT writes a Seinfeld scene in which Jerry needs to learn the bubble sort algorithm: [10:11 PM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
3,434Likes374Retweets](https://twitter.com/goodside/status/1598077257498923010)
A Twitter thread debating crypto being dead
Daniel Olshansky | olshansky.eth 🐙 @olshanskyGPT: “Write a Twitter thread discussing how crypto is dead, start a fire, include frequent memes, insert a tweet from Elon.”
I couldn’t resist [10:44 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2022
1Like1Retweet](https://twitter.com/olshansky/status/1598447968851742721)
Mermaid Diagrams
At work, we were writing some mermaid diagrams for our documentation. Even though this didn’t quite solve the problem, it got us 80% of the way. The engineer only needs to take it over the finish line.
Provide the source code for a top-down mermaid diagram of a complete binary tree with 8 leafs where each leaf is stylize using alternating colors.
graph TD A[Root] –> B[Leaf 1] A –> C[Leaf 2] A –> D[Leaf 3] A –> E[Leaf 4] B –> F[Leaf 5] B –> G[Leaf 6] C –> H[Leaf 7] C –> I[Leaf 8]
style F fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px style G fill:#333,stroke:#f9f,stroke-width:4px style H fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px style I fill:#333,stroke:#f9f,stroke-width:4px
Functional & Unit Tests
GitHub Copilot has become a close friend in the recent past, but what I’m most excited about is using ChatGPT to implement unit tests and design end-to-end functional tests.
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