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What is the bigger picture? For me it is not with writing the code, it’s a great multiplier for learning and troubleshooting , however. I do not see how it cou

by pylua 2y ago

What is the bigger picture? For me it is not with writing the code, it’s a great multiplier for learning and troubleshooting , however. I do not see how it could fit into my workflow other than how I use it today — a google expert I can talk to about anything. What is your workflow like?

spiderfarmer 2y ago
As a solo full-stack developer with 20 years of experience in PHP, I’ve found that using Copilot for my latest project (Laraval app) boosts my productivity by at least 50%. The multi-line autocomplete often nails exactly what I’m trying to achieve. I can easily verify its accuracy as I've written the same code multiple times over the span of my career and it is way faster than typing the same lines. In addition to Copilot, I frequently use ChatGPT to get quick answers or examples, even beyond Laravel's already excellent documentation. It’s also incredibly useful for quickly learning the basics of setting up the infrastructure for my projects, saving me time and effort in the process.
- infecto 2y ago
  I am an also an experience developer on the Python side and find it to be the same. Its hard to quantify the amount of time but the autocomplete does a really great job most of the time.
  - pylua 2y ago
    What is it auto completing? Most of the common things I share between projects are in the form of libraries, there is really no need for ai auto complete. Don’t get me wrong, ai is incredibly useful, but more for understanding things than autocomplete.
    - spiderfarmer 2y ago
      It's auto completing everything. Not just words or lines, but multiple lines. And it is way faster to read and see if it's correct than to type it all yourself.
- pylua 2y ago
  That’s what I’m struggling with. I might write a micro service over and over again with spring boot but they are all different. The frameworks take care of all the boiler plate already. Why are we having ai generate boiler plate ? It seems on the surface to be a bad practice or a code smell.
- thunky 2y ago
  > I've written the same code multiple times over the span of my career This is the core problem right here. If the industry wasn't so inefficient then ai wouldn't be so effective.

by pylua 2y ago

spiderfarmer 2y ago

As a solo full-stack developer with 20 years of experience in PHP, I’ve found that using Copilot for my latest project (Laraval app) boosts my productivity by at least 50%. The multi-line autocomplete often nails exactly what I’m trying to achieve. I can easily verify its accuracy as I've written the same code multiple times over the span of my career and it is way faster than typing the same lines. In addition to Copilot, I frequently use ChatGPT to get quick answers or examples, even beyond Laravel's already excellent documentation. It’s also incredibly useful for quickly learning the basics of setting up the infrastructure for my projects, saving me time and effort in the process.

infecto 2y ago
I am an also an experience developer on the Python side and find it to be the same. Its hard to quantify the amount of time but the autocomplete does a really great job most of the time.
- pylua 2y ago
  What is it auto completing? Most of the common things I share between projects are in the form of libraries, there is really no need for ai auto complete. Don’t get me wrong, ai is incredibly useful, but more for understanding things than autocomplete.
  - spiderfarmer 2y ago
    It's auto completing everything. Not just words or lines, but multiple lines. And it is way faster to read and see if it's correct than to type it all yourself.
pylua 2y ago
That’s what I’m struggling with. I might write a micro service over and over again with spring boot but they are all different. The frameworks take care of all the boiler plate already. Why are we having ai generate boiler plate ? It seems on the surface to be a bad practice or a code smell.
thunky 2y ago
> I've written the same code multiple times over the span of my career This is the core problem right here. If the industry wasn't so inefficient then ai wouldn't be so effective.