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MixedCopilot · 14 Jul 2025

The worst are AI code completions (first version Copilot style), they are much more noise then help

andix on Hacker News

In the thread “AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why”

Helped: Small refactoring tasks on selected code snippets.

Got in the way: AI code completions are much more noise than help.

… Small refactoring tasks on a selected code snippet can be helpful, but isn't a huge time saver. The worst are AI code completions (first version Copilot style), they are much more noise then help.