I'm honestly not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze -- I still typically have to spend substantial time reworking whatever they create
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Helped: Refactors and initial drafts of new features.
Got in the way: Output requires substantial rework; revision time scales with agent spin time.
… I try to get to tests passing clean before even looking at the code. Also, I am happy to let Copilot burn tokens in this manner and will regularly do it for refactors or initial drafts of new features, I'm honestly not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze -- I still typically have to spend substantial time reworking whatever they create, and the revision time required scales with the amount of time they spend spinning. If I had to pay per token, I'd be much more circumspect about this approach.