Ask HN: Are there ChatGPT equivalents that write entire apps in the works?

This would have to go in the very-far-off category right now. GitHub Copilot is your best bet but it can only write functions and help you finish your own code. (That is a huge help, though.)

To put together a full app requires a greater understanding of how software parts fit together with a backend and user interface. Language-based models like ChatGPT don't address that problem and aren't a route to solving it right now.

Thanks dta. I was wondering if I should get co-pilot to supplement chatGPT, but heard it's worse. I am a little late to the game.

I have heard rumors from CTOs of trialing systems that build apps based on a paragraph, but I am yet to get any details out of them.

I would definitely recommend you play with Copilot in VSCode. Don't try to describe a whole app but try to describe some functions, one by one, and you'll be pleased.

ChatGPT might be good for helping you see pseudocode or figure out how to organize and scaffold your program into parts. That would happen in ChatGPT outside of your IDE. Then use Copilot to prompt for the individual functions you'll need. And... best of all, since you're in your IDE you can run and test stuff.

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