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Re:40% of the code GitHub Copilot users check-in is AI gener... by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @09:09AM (#35167764)
> CoPilot definitely can help you write code faster(or slower if the output is not exactly what you have in your mind). I see it is a productive positive product.

The actual act of writing code "faster" baffles me. Without tools like intellisense, etc.[0], I am perfectly able to write code as fast as I can type.

There's absolutely zero need for me to write faster.

[0]Intellisense, etc. tend to get in my way, so I turn it off.

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Re:40% of the code GitHub Copilot users check-in is AI gener... by WastingMyTime89 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @12:02PM (#35170390)
Intellisense is a godsend when you are working in a large code base using proprietary API with varying level of documentation. It's very good at filling in the full name of that pesky class or giving you a quick list of functions in that package for you to pick the one you want.
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