Comment by cdt01

I was part of the first SolveIt course cohort and have signed up for the second one too. SolveIt and its methodology really changed how I approach programming and problem solving with AI. It gives you a collaborative partner that helps you think through problems without just handing you answers. You still do the hard thinking, but you are never completely stuck. It has also allowed me to tackle tasks, ideas and experiments that I had previously put to the side knowing they would have taken too much time and effort to explore.

Although it can take more steps and iterations than other tools, that is part of the difference, they are more considered and thought through steps. It makes me more productive overall. The ability to edit the conversation and work in short steps lets you create better context, together with sharing your thought process and building genuine understanding that is useful in the future.

It is refreshing to find an approach that makes me better rather than just faster at producing code without full understanding of it. I find it jarring to use chat with other LLMs now and that typical code completion can be frustrating, that is how different it is.