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You’re a Developer Now

You’re a Developer Now

ChatGPT is a creative power-up for builders—and you should use it

Oct 13, 2023Updated Jun 26, 2026

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In fantasy books, when people get magic powers, they usually spend a lot of time figuring out how to use them. In our world, when people get magic powers, they mostly go about their day ignoring them. 

I know this because that’s what you’re doing. You. You’ve got magic powers—you’ve just been distracted. 

The truth is, if you have an idea that involves a keyboard, you can build it today. Doesn’t matter what it is. You can code anything in your imagination just by typing a few commands into ChatGPT. But, more than likely, you haven’t been using these powers. Why?

It’s not your fault. No one told you it was possible. After all, in fantasy books, there’s always a character who busts down the door in the middle of the night and announces your powers to you (and enswines your spiteful cousin for good measure). So let me do that for you:

Hey, you! You, over there, with the goofy expression on your face.

You’re a developer now. 

Let me tell you how I know.

The borders of being ‘technical’ are expanding by the day

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