ChatGPT 5.1 vs Gemini 3
Posted by CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit | Python | View on Reddit | 15 comments
First of all, I am no real programmer, but I have been dabbling in creating custom installers for Linux custom versions, and inherently they all use Python
I have been using ChatGPT for building code (for about a week) and although I like how quick it can create solutions, it also has a lot of server resets, resulting code being completely forgotten or truncated. Did a lot of saving of file though, Thank GOD!
Heard Gemini 3 is up there in terms of writting code, asked ChatGPT about it (lol) it stated that Gemini 3 is better at checking the code, while ChatGPT writes it better, but bias could be part of the programming
Read some reviews of people stating Gemini 3 is better than basically all AI they tried for Python specifically, while others state ChatGPT is better
I am not sure where real answer lays ChatGPT is pretty quick on it's feet when it comes to providing solutions to my code on the fly, but it tends to forget a lot of stuff due to random resets
Anyone tried both to speak real life difference for Python?
For an example in ChatGPT I can ask it to program behavior and it picka up what I need quick, but it does suffer from issues of writing code sometimes for an outdated version of Linux, when I ask it to check the code it says the code is outdated and it begins to offer me to fix it, while it wrote the code
It does create a lot of extra guiding by my hand
Essentially ChatGPT is only as good as you are careful, otherwise it will make mistakes in code and you will only find that out when you upload that code later to check.
Can't complain much since I couldn't do it without it, but I am analytical to pick up on these issues, and yes it dis frustrate me when I was very close to finishing a code and realized that AI forgot all of my directions and gave me nearly naked file. I quickly dug up all saved files and had to do a full check on dates and times
IT worked, but it was a real "Oh, shit" moment for me
samettinho@reddit
If you are not using git, first thing you need to do it figuring it out. then figure out how to use a git UI tool, so you can see all the changes.
Every change going to your production env should be tested. AI can be stupid and delete files etc.
Once you have a reliable setup, then pick the models.
You can use cursor or similar ones.
CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit (OP)
I am not using git for posting this file, I am writing an ISO, firstly for myself
Do you have knowledge of what is best out of those 2 AIs for Python
samettinho@reddit
Yes, I know both models well enough. Unfortunately for you, neither of them is gonna help in the long run, as you don't appreciate the basics of engineering.
They both make mistakes and you sound like a pure "vibe coder" who just wants to ask llm and hope it will figure things out for you. It may work a bunch of times and when it fails, you won't figure out why it failed. None of the models out there works at that level.
You don't know how to drive, and are asking which car to drive: an SUV or a sedan. I am telling you, at least fasten your seatbelt when you drive, and you still want to learn which one is better.
CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit (OP)
Sounds like some elitist take of someone that know Python, and just so you understand, I already built an installer, it's not groundbreaking stuff, it's just packaging right stuff inside of a working base
It would be identical as running same code from inside of OS, and so this AI makes it rather easy to do what I need without any knowledge of Python, but instead of just being helpful it's this strange way of delivering "truth" that doesn't reflect an actual "truth"
"Unfortunately for you" - shit, man, could have just been helpful, instead of being rude, but hey...this is Reddit, right?
samettinho@reddit
"Unfortunately for you" is because the OP doesnt wanna learn the basics which is using git and saving his/her change after every acceptable change. OP indicated s/he is only interested in which model is better. So, whatever I say will result in the same thing, sooner or later they are gonna mess up their project because they dont wanna learn basic.
CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit (OP)
I don't even think you understand it's not the fact that I don't want to "learn" git, is that I already have it, but it serves no purpose for me in this task, the question was about AI, did you not understand this from the title of it?
I would think a Python crowd would be sharp, but I am quite disappointed
Truth is that your community looks to be paper thin emotionally, considering that you collectively threw this thread into a slew of reports resulting in its' deletion
But, what you don't understand as well is how powerful AI has become, where a person with no knowledge can build a code around OS as long as you know general operation of said OS.
"Messing up a project" is not applicable for what I am doing, because it uses basic basis of OS, not buiding OS from ground up, so your comment doesn't apply either.
KingsmanVince@reddit
Yeah i still don't understand why this post belongs to r/python
Go find subs for AI coding or something
CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit (OP)
I am using Python, so the thread is about Python writing and tools for writing Python, in this case AI
Circulating through subreddits full of AI slop of artwork is not productive way to find an answer
Do you know the answer to my question? It is about Python firstly
TheDivinityGod@reddit
The post is gone, buddy
CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit (OP)
The sensitivity of Python subreddit in a nutshell
FourierXFM@reddit
You never asked a question, you just rambled about how AI can make mistakes
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woodside007@reddit
Haven't messed with Gemini much but I will say... In my humble opinion, Claude kicks ChatGPT's ass when it comes to remembering code.
FourierXFM@reddit
AI is really only helpful if you could have done it by yourself but want help speeding things up.
If you don't actually know what you're doing you won't know how to debug and you'll end up with huge problems that you didn't know could have existed.
CanItRunCrysisIn2052@reddit (OP)
But, it still doesn't answer my question
I am also not reinventing wheel, I am packaging a special distrubution, not creating one from scratch