Yes
Overall, it speeds things up a lot and frees mental space for me to think about the big picture more
jimmaswell on Hacker News
In the thread “I won't deliberately use AI for programming”, replying to this comment
Helped: Writing code I was about to write, finding API calls, and solving small problems.
Got in the way: Hallucinations have increased lately, making Copilot chat disappointing.
… My codebases haven't suffered, and I'm still diligent to keep them maintainable, well-tested, and fundamentally sound. Overall, it speeds things up a lot and frees mental space for me to think about the big picture more. I generally understand the code being put out just as well as any other code I've written - be honest, you don't read a book on every API call you copy from Stack Overflow. …