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Pair with ChatGPT 4 to set up the project design.

I try to give as much context as possible. Stating goals and risks of the project. The more info you give it, the better it does at helping you. Around 500 words for an initial prompt gets good results.

Break down the project into parts and take on the most risky/uncertain part first.

As you work through the design, continue to refine the ChatGPT conversation by giving it more info. Keeping around 200 words is good. New articles can be summarized to get it up to speed on post 2021 info. Blog posts can also be chunked out and passed through to give it more info about the problem.

When the plan seems good enough, code through the steps to create the solution. Keeping things realistic and making some slow but steady progress is better than hammering it all out in a day. Discipline over passion.

I used it for a recent project and it completely exceeded my expectations. Not trying to hook onto the current AI bandwagon, it just brought me to solutions I would have never gotten to on my own.



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