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I asked it how to do something with an AWS cli tool. ChatGPT invented a new parameter that looked like a programmer would come up with it and it would do exactly what I was looking for (I assumed many people had my problem before).

aws cloudfront update-distribution --id <distribution-id> --distribution-config <new-config> --no-reset-origin-access-identity

Took me a while to figure out that the parameter --no-reset-origin-access-identity was not only not working. But it did never exist on any version of the cli tool.




Same here. ChatGPT invented a feature of our API and wrote an example script. User then complained to us that it's not working.


I asked it to create a COBOL program to connect to AWS and create an S3 Bucket...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33991767


Did you not think to check the docs? (Srs question)


ChatGPT was my first choice just because I want to know if it is any good at helping me with my work.

But for this problem (CF-Distribution lost OAC settings when updating the root file), all the google fu in the world did not help me. It turned out that I had to update my aws-cli and my problem went away. Apparently no one else on the internet had that problem, so only my gut could help me figure it out.


At least in my experience, the aws docs are difficult to understand at best, and horrifically outdated and contradictory at worst.




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