IMO about 90% of the time it is an annoying interruption that offers to help me write a few characters
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90% of the time it is an annoying interruption
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Helped: Occasionally suggests input parameter validity checks I hadn't considered.
Got in the way: Frequent annoying interruptions and subtly incorrect suggestions requiring constant vigilance.
My employer is asking me to try out Copilot to see if it offers a lot of value. IMO about 90% of the time it is an annoying interruption that offers to help me write a few characters (which I could probably write faster if I wasn't being interrupted) or maybe a few lines at most. 5% of the time it offers downright incorrect suggestions, and about half of those suggestions are only subtly incorrect, so I have to be on-guard about anything I use it for. …