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[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 21 points 21 hours ago

Absolutely, I think the people who say it's completely useless for code are in denial

Definitely not replacing anyone but my god it has sped up development by generating code I already know how to write 90% of

No more having to look up "what was the for loop syntax in this language again?"

[-] firelizzard@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago

I won't say copilot is completely useless for code. I will say that it's near useless for me. The kind of code that it's good at writing is the kind of code that I can write in my sleep. When I write a for-loop to iterate over an array and print it out (for example), it takes near zero brain power. I'm on autopilot, like driving to work. On the other hand, when I was trialing copilot I'd have to check each suggestion it made to verify that it wasn't giving me garbage. Verifying copilot's suggestions takes a lot more brain power than just writing it myself. And the difference in time is minimal. It doesn't take me much longer to write it myself than it does to validate copilot's work.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

"Copilot is really good at things which I already know" and that is perfectly fine

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 9 points 19 hours ago

Exactly.

It's to speed up boilerplate and save you having to look up function names or language specific syntax for that one feature you want to use, not to entirely do your job for you

[-] firelizzard@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

If I've been working in the same language for at least a year or two, I don't have to look up any of that. Copilot might be actually helpful if I'm working in a language I'm not used to, but it's been a long time since I've had to look up syntax or functions (excluding 3rd party packages) for the language I work in.

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