Get the latest tech news

10 ChatGPT Codex secrets I only learned after 60 hours of pair programming with it


Pair programming with ChatGPT Codex for a week exposed hard-won lessons every developer should know before trying it.

David Gewirtz / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Step-by-step builds beat full-spec instructions for AI coding. This is going to be hugely controversial because the use of product requirements documents (PRDs) and specifications is pretty much the gold-standard recommended best practice for AI-based coding. My recent projects involve a user interface that's part of a website's dashboard, and then business logic that does whatever unique value-add my new program is supposed to do.

Get the Android app

Or read this on ZDNet

Read more on:

Photo of hours

hours

Photo of pair programming

pair programming

Related news:

News photo

How far can you go by train in 5 hours? (interactive map)

News photo

Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US in under 24 hours

News photo

Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or pay $100k fee