New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'

Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by ben_w on Sunday January 28, 2024 @04:42PM (#39170100)

> You can tell it the code is bad and how, a lot of the times it will correct it. For some bs code that you have to write it is a great time saver.

Yes, I've even done that to see how well it works (my experience is that half the time it fixes the code, the other half it claims to but doesn't) — but I can do that because I can recognise that it's bad code.

I don't expect a junior to notice bad code, and therefore I don't expect them to ask for a fix. (I've also spent 6 months in a recent job just fixing code written by work experience students).

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Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by varispeed on Sunday January 28, 2024 @05:24PM (#39170430)

> I don't expect a junior to notice bad code

That is true. I actually seen instances of juniors struggling with code that doesn't work and frankly doesn't make sense, but they claim they wrote it :)

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