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NoCopilot · 27 Oct 2025

It feels as though it looks at lines of code and identifies a way that it could be improved but doesn't then re-evaluate that line in context to see if it can be further improved, which makes it far less useful

danudey on Hacker News

In the thread “It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Suggestions ignore broader context, leading to redundant or poor improvements.

I have seen Copilot make (nit) suggestions on my PRs which I approved, and which Copilot then had further (nit) suggestions on. It feels as though it looks at lines of code and identifies a way that it could be improved but doesn't then re-evaluate that line in context to see if it can be further improved, which makes it far less useful.