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YesChatGPT, Copilot · 21 Feb 2024

The biggest benefit to me is all the offloaded non-core work

MattGaiser on Hacker News

In the thread “Tell HN: GPT copilots aren’t that great for programming”

Helped: Generating SQL, debugging Docker, and writing tests.

Got in the way: Large scale programming and core system design.

… I would take ChatGPT/Copilot over me with 1 year of experience. The biggest benefit to me is all the offloaded non-core work. My job at least involves a lot more than writing big features (maybe yours does not).