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YesCopilot · 31 Jan 2023

It's fine, I use it and it's worth the $10, but it's not a gamechanger

SpeedilyDamage on Hacker News

In the thread “I Added GitHub Copilot to My Toolbelt”

Helped: General use as a normal part of the work day.

Got in the way: Frequently generates snippets with minor errors like wrong variable names.

… looking up a variable name or what the API requires, etc.). It's fine, I use it and it's worth the $10, but it's not a gamechanger. It blew me away at first, just like the author, but nowadays it's just a normal part of my work day.