Faster, not smarter

How to use AI to become a more efficient developer

Danielle H
5 min readAug 9, 2024
Together we sprint

I’ve been programming for more than 20 years. I’m now using ChatGPT and GitHub copilot all the time. But it did take some trial and error to get the most of ChatGPT & Co.

Use AI to develop faster, not smarter.

Faster

One tab to rule them all

Even before the AI buzz, I couldn’t program without the Internet. Tutorials, documentation, and StackOverflow were always open. I used Chrome or Vivaldi alongside whatever IDE was relevant at the time.

I program in many languages, so some tabs were a simple ‘syntax of a foreach’ in JavaScript, while others were complex multiday tutorials. Now? The main tab is ChatGPT¹.

  • How to copy a file to another folder using Python?
  • Read the most up to date documentation on flutter_blue_plus. How to connect to multiple devices at once?
  • How to create a library in Android?
  • How to create a slider that changes between 0 and 1.0 in Flutter?

Everything in one place, easily.

Create your own tutorials

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Danielle H
Danielle H

Written by Danielle H

Physicist turned programmer, exploring many languages to build projects from neurobiology tools to abstract videos.