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Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants (www.cio.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I honestly stopped using it after a week

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

My main use is skipping the blank page problem when writing a new suite of tests—which after about 10 mins of refactoring are often a good starting point

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I like to use suggestions to feel superior when trash talking the generated code

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Devs that are punching above their class, however, probably get great benefit from it. I would think it’s also an OK learning tool, except for how inaccurate it can be sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Good devs gain little.

I gain a lot.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

Its basically a template generator, which is really helpful when you're generating boilerplate. It doesn't save me much if any time to refactor/fill in that template, but it does save some mental fatigue that I can then spend on much more interesting problems.

It's a niche tool, but occasionally quite handy. Without leaps forward technically though, it's never going to become more than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Feel the same way!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And yet, higher ups continue to lay off more devs because AI "is the future".

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For me, it is a glorified auto-complete function. Could definitely live without it.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Same for me, but that glorified auto complete helps a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Places GPT-based "AI" next to flying cars

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Flying cars exist, they’re just not cost effective. AFAICT there’s no GPT that is proficient at coding yet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a lot easier to access ChatGPT than it is to access a flying car

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m shocked. There must be an error in this analysis. /s

Maybe engage an AI coding assistant to massage the data analysis lol

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