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You can write the high level structure yourself and let it complete the boilerplate code within the functions, where it's less critical/complicated. Can save you time.



Oh for sure. I use it as smart(ish) autocomplete to avoid typing everything out/looking up in docs everytime but the thought of prompt engineering to make an app is just bizarre to me. It almost feels like it has more friction than actually writing the damn thing yourself.




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