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minus-squaredgmib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSometimes ChatGPT/copilot’s code predictions are scary good. Sometimes they’re batshit crazy. If you have the experience to be able to tell the difference, it’s a great help.
minus-squareEatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoDue to confusing business domain terms, we often name variables the form of XY and YX. One time copilot autogenerated about two hundred lines of a class that was like. XY; YX; XXY; XYX; XYXY; … XXYYXYXYYYXYXYYXY; It was pretty hilarious. But that being said, it’s a great tool that has definitely proven to worth the cost…but like with a co-op, you have to check it’s work.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoPretty much this. Experienced developers see AI just as a next level lorem Ipsum.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI find the mistakes it makes and trouble shooting them really good for learning. I’m self taught.
Sometimes ChatGPT/copilot’s code predictions are scary good. Sometimes they’re batshit crazy. If you have the experience to be able to tell the difference, it’s a great help.
Due to confusing business domain terms, we often name variables the form of XY and YX.
One time copilot autogenerated about two hundred lines of a class that was like. XY; YX; XXY; XYX; XYXY; … XXYYXYXYYYXYXYYXY;
It was pretty hilarious.
But that being said, it’s a great tool that has definitely proven to worth the cost…but like with a co-op, you have to check it’s work.
Pretty much this. Experienced developers see AI just as a next level lorem Ipsum.
I find the mistakes it makes and trouble shooting them really good for learning. I’m self taught.