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Is GitHub Copilot worth it to you?
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Nah, it's all hyped up bullshit that has to be babysat and manipulated to a degree that you may as well just write your damn code.
But beyond that, I'd argue that it's actually damaging for engineering organizations, because it means the org is incurring the maintenance cost of code not written by its engineers and that has no real thought put behind it. Maybe you can eventually coax it to produce code that's not completely broken shit, but it's code that your org doesn't actually "own" from a maintenance and knowledge-base perspective. The social aspect of code maintenance with this shit is always massively overlooked.
I have not and will not ever use AI generated code that I don’t thoroughly understand. If you properly understand the code you’re committing there shouldn’t be any damage. And beyond AI you should never commit code that you don’t properly understand unless it’s a throw away project.