l2silver

Using chatgpt (paid) and Claude (free):

When I try to code a somewhat complex project (backend with login capabilities, jwt, refreshtoken, and e2e tests) and I put all the requirements in the initial prompt, the output is usually condensed and incomplete, like it has a maximum output length that it can't exceed.

When I give it small prompts, I get more verbose and complete answers, but the prompts seem to forget the previous prompts, and throw out logic that was written previously.

What's the best way to feed instructions to these AI systems for relatively complex projects?

Were there software developer skills that he used to evade capture, or is it more or less trivial to pull off this kind of attack for regular people?

A couple of people I know are struggling with their rent payments. They might get evicted from their place in the next few months.

Everything comes to him who waits... or does it?

A lot of people on this forum start startups (or something less than a startup) only to give up after a few months (guilty here, so guilty).

What about the others - those patient founders. What was the longest project you stuck with, pivoted, and still ultimately gave up on, and what was the final dagger?

Investing is hard. What was a great investment you made in the past, and what led you to believe the investment would work out? Let's exclude crypto and personal homes, and probably self worth stuff (like school to change careers).

(Context: I've been reading biographies of local politicians and some of the issues that would have changed the value of commercial real estate in the city, and I was just curious what other sources of information people have found to generate successful investments)

Have you ever had a moment as a computer programmer where you notice a bad situation (not in your work life), and you step in, and say, "I'm a computer programmer, I can help you with that."