It can also be annoying when I made request a small change and it rewrites the entire block of code compared to only displaying the section I want. I think I could prompt it better in those cases by saying "only show me the code changes" though.
I think it's mostly my laziness. I found GPT-4 with default system message good enough for most use cases, so I tend to just switch over to it, start a new conversation, and blurt my request. Setting specialized "characters" for my requests? Too much hassle. Typing in a proper, explicit request to just give me diffs? Too much writing, breaks flow.
Ironically, I'm both too lazy for giving GPT-4 this kind of editing guidance, while I'm also wasting too much time catering to conversational style.
This already happened. It's called TypingMind.com; I'm happy paying user. It's main selling point is that it isn't dog slow and isn't trying to take down my browser with its bloat, the way OpenAI chat interface is. "Character" creation and selecting is lovely, but half the time I'm too lazy to switch away from the default.