honestly you should just switch to Cursor AI Code Editor right now. i was in the same boat with chatgpt hallucinating old pandas syntax but cursor is a total game changer for me. i use Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet inside it and it actually reads my whole file structure so it doesnt get lost. just use the composer feature to fix errors, it works incredibly well. youll definitely hit that deadline.

just saw this thread and honestly your frustration is totally valid. if youre trying to stay under that 30 dollar limit, i would suggest checking out Sourcegraph Cody Pro. its like 9 dollars a month and actually lets you switch between different models like claude 3.5 or gpt-4o which is a lifesaver when one starts hallucinating weird pandas syntax. you might want to consider a few things to keep your sanity:

• try the custom commands in cody to explain your local code context better before asking for a fix.
• maybe look into Codeium Individual Pro since the context awareness feels a bit more stable than basic copilot for python scripts. just be careful not to feed it too much junk at once or it gets confused just like chatgpt does. i would suggest debugging block by block instead of the whole file. you got this, that monday deadline is totally doable if you just guide the tool a bit more...

^ This. Also, JetBrains AI Assistant Subscription is quite reliable because it analyzes your local project environment directly. TL;DR: Use IDE-integrated tools to avoid versioning issues and minimize hallucinations.

oh man i feel your pain so much! i was literally screaming at my monitor last night because of the exact same thing! its like these tools just decide to make up their own version of python sometimes and it drives me absolutely wild. i love the energy in this thread because honestly i have been through this so many times i have lost count!

• that one time it tried to import a library that doesnt even exist on pip
• when it kept using deprecated functions from like 2014
• the endless loop of i apologize for the confusion while it makes the same mistake this reminds me so much of when i was testing OpenAI ChatGPT Plus against Google Gemini Advanced for a web scraper. chatgpt kept giving me old beautifulsoup syntax and gemini was just hallucinating css selectors that werent even on the page! i spent the whole weekend just bouncing between them like a ping pong ball while my deadline got closer and closer. it was a total circus! i eventually just sat there staring at the screen wondering if i should just go back to writing everything from scratch like it is 2005 or something haha. so glad i am not the only one going through this nightmare!

ive seen this versioning issue a lot with pandas specifically because the syntax is so volatile. the models tend to get stuck in 2021 or 2022 training data. if you need something more reliable for your client deadline, these are solid alternatives:

• Phind Pro AI Search Engine - this is built for developers and scrapes the web for current documentation while it works. it helps a lot with preventing those hallucinated libraries.
• DeepSeek Coder V2 Chat - it scores incredibly high on coding benchmarks and handles complex python logic without looping as much as copilot. phind is usually 20 bucks a month and lets you use the latest models with web search enabled. another thing that helps is explicitly telling the ai which pandas version you have installed. you can check it with import pandas; print(pandas.version) and paste that in your prompt. it cuts down on the legacy code suggestions significantly. i usually keep a tab open for the pandas official documentation or realpython too just to verify whatever the ai spits out.

Wait really?? Thats actually super helpful. I always thought it was the other way around.