Copilot has been a godsend for me. I still need books and Stack Overflow, but the conversations I’ve had with Copilot about architectural decisions, project structure, external library choices, syntax, etc., has saved me a ton of time that I would have otherwise spent reading ad-riddled Medium articles to learn
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In the thread “Tell HN: GPT copilots aren’t that great for programming”, replying to this comment
Helped: Learning Django architecture, structure, and syntax via conversations.
Got in the way: SQL generation beyond basic syntax reminders and conversions.
… But when my current employer decided I was going to be a web developer, I needed to start from the ground up with Django. Copilot has been a godsend for me. I still need books and Stack Overflow, but the conversations I’ve had with Copilot about architectural decisions, project structure, external library choices, syntax, etc., has saved me a ton of time that I would have otherwise spent reading ad-riddled Medium articles to learn. As a not-beginner beginner, it’s been a huge productivity boost for me. …