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I have used it for 2 months and disabled it. So there is your exception. The code it suggests is always highly suspect and writing raw code never was the probl

I have used it for 2 months and disabled it. So there is your exception. The code it suggests is always highly suspect and writing raw code never was the problem in the first place (for me). I was “discussing” with it for far longer than it was making me “productive”. I give it -5%. I do however love occasionally using GPT directly for converting some weird list of values to JSON or coming up with plausible test data. Sometimes some text or ideas for emails (especially English, which is not my mother tongue). Sort of a secretary of sorts.

hellcow 4y ago
Copilot definitely makes me much less productive, since it breaks my flow on every line. I give it a -50%. It is both very dumb and very loud. It feels like I'm pair programming with a 1st year CS student who pipes up on _every single line_ trying to predict what I will type next and getting 95% of it wrong. I found ChatGPT however outputs good code when I want it do simple things. Writing unit tests is tedious, and ChatGPT is pretty good at that. Optimizing a SQL query, etc. Things that used to take some time are now either instantaneous or get me 90% of the way there, and I can do the final edits.