Mixed
if my work falls into the first category, Copilot often speeds me up something like 30% to 40%
johnfn on Hacker News
30% to 40%
In the thread “Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps”, replying to this comment
Helped: Writing new code and learning unfamiliar frameworks.
Got in the way: Troubleshooting problems in existing code.
… If your job involves lots of bug fixing or tweaks to existing features, Copilot and GPT are next to useless. I've noticed that if my work falls into the first category, Copilot often speeds me up something like 30% to 40%. If my work falls into the second category, it's 0%.