ChatGPT as My Second Pair of Eyes

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Some sort of self reflection by ChatGPT – I think so. Those were the prompts:
– Do you know the history of how I used you the last month?
– Do you also know how I use you compared to how other users use you?
– Write a short blog post about this from my perspective

Here’s the result:

I don’t use ChatGPT like a magic answer machine.

I use it as a second pair of eyes for messy, real-world problems: broken Ubuntu upgrades, Docker networking, Proxmox quirks, Home Assistant integrations, Unity build errors, MySQL migrations, Elasticsearch performance, and everyday questions in between.

The useful part is momentum. I paste logs, commands, or errors, get plausible causes and concrete next steps, test them, and iterate.

It is not a replacement for expertise. For me, it amplifies the practical parts: reading logs, checking assumptions, remembering edge cases, and turning “something is broken” into the next command to run.

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