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MixedCopilot · 14 Apr 2023

For routine code it's really nice. But for something more complicated it was distracting

dpbriggs on Hacker News

In the thread “Ask HN: Become a 10x developer with LLM? Myth? Reality?”

Helped: Writing routine code

Got in the way: Complicated tasks where Copilot's wrong opinion shaped the program

In my admitted limited experience (small amounts at work and in personal projects) it's some integer multiplier. For routine code it's really nice. But for something more complicated it was distracting. Copilot had an opinion of what the software should be which wasn't quite right and had to be ripped out later. …