Divyanth Jayaraj

I hate writing, but I think about a lot of things. For example the other day I was wondering why Starbucks barristas take such a long time just to take my coffee order. So I ranted about it to ChatGPT.

ChatGPT gave me a pretty good answer. So I went ahead and turned it into a blog so that others benefit. Maybe it will even rank on Google. Maybe someone from Starbucks will find out and do something about it!
And that's what https://thinkinpublic.app is about.
I simply copied the ChatGPT conversation and pasted it into ThinkInPublic.
Here's the result.

I ve started using ChatGPT as a thinking partner more than a writing tool for brainstorming, ranting, stress-testing ideas, even working through half-formed or intrusive thoughts.

Sometimes it agrees and helps articulate something clearly. Sometimes it pushes back and forces me to refine or soften a take. Either way, the output is often surprisingly thoughtful.

What I ve noticed is that a lot of this thinking just stays private and disappears. I m curious how others use ChatGPT: do you treat it as a scratchpad, a critic, a co-writer, or something else?