Re:Google gifts a Free AI Coding Assistant to the developer ...
by pdimitar on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:02PM
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I don't think we disagree at all btw. IMO we all agree understanding of what the spat-out code actually does is mandatory and absolutely is NOT optional. The rest are really just details.
I agree that nowadays LLMs can fill in for SO and Reddit.
>Don't use Copilot, Gemini, Cursor or any other code assisting tool for the several first years of your study or career.
I totally disagree with it too and think its no different than using a book or SO from the past. As a Junior you copy paste many more lines of codes that you don't full appreciate and sometimes it simply just takes time of doing that to absorb the knowledge.