Search engines with SEO are so reliant on keywords that it often feels like I'm suggesting answers rather than asking questions - it's so refreshing to be able to just ask again.
Like if you dont know it is called sharding but you know you wanna store stuff on several databases.
Me: I have a postgresql database but it has too much data in it. I wanna split the data in several databases. What is that called?
GTP: Splitting a database into multiple smaller databases is known as database sharding. Sharding is a technique used to horizontally partition large databases across multiple servers or instances in order to distribute the workload and improve performance. Each shard is typically hosted on a separate physical or virtual machine and stores a subset of the total data, allowing for more efficient queries and faster data retrieval.
Then i know what to google for
Google used to be good at that task, but it's sucked for the last four years or so. Whenever they gave up on search and leaned into sludge content plus ads.
ChatGPT is better than Google ever was anyway.
And much worse than Google for, "site:miguelgrinberg.com nested comments"
Unfortunately I don't know the equivalent of Miguel for everything I need to know, so on average I suppose GPT is better. However it also means that you may never discover the Miguel of your domain!