Prerequisites
Before starting ChatGPT, make sure you have:
- Prompt engineering
- GPT-4 & GPT-5 APIs
- Function calling
Your first month
Focus on shipping small, complete artifacts:
- Prompting patterns
- System vs user prompts
- Roles and context
Common beginner mistakes
Skip these to save weeks:
- Watching without building
- Jumping frameworks weekly
- Skipping fundamentals
- Not shipping anything public
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