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Don’t believe the hype — AI Copilot is a replacement for typing, not thinking. If your developers are a *lot* more productive, then they’re bad. I love it and it’s totally worth $20 / month, but I’d pay that much for spell check or a nice monitor too.
I'm at a stage where I prefer to use it for mundane or repetitive things like boilerplate (setting up a Zustand store), creating interfaces for objects, etc. I don't allow it to write any logical or "new" code for me; just auto complete the mundane, repetitive stuff that I understand well to speed things up. It's also great for regex. I think where the naysayers come from is in regard to people using it to setup entire functions, or do something for them that they don't first understand. Basically asking it to do logic for you. Even if you vet the logic afterwards, this still skips the initial mental step of trying to problem solve which I strongly believe is a "mental muscle" that you want to keep toned. If I'm using AI assistance to hash out the logic of a problem, I vastly prefer a conversational format akin to ChatGPT where I can work back and forth with the logic as it pertains to the problem, understanding what I'm implementing before ever trying it. In that case, it acts more like a brainstorming tool and Stack Overflow companion. Ultimately, it's all about balance and being mindful about when / where / how you're using it, as with most things.
I totally agree. Any AI or AI Copilot is a great tool to have, but it's not a replacement for developing your own code. It's also wrong a lot so if you don't know what you're doing it's probably not gonna be much help to you. It's really great for mundane or repetitive tasks though, but again you have to check it's work. Definitely worth the money if you know how to use it.
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Makes sense!
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1moDo you have any opinions on new grads using Copilot? Since this is a bit nuanced, would it hinder or help skill development on average?