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If by “junior dev”, you mean “a dev at a level so low they will be let go if not promoted”, then I agree. I’ve watched my coworkers try to make use of LLMs at
by hedora 3y ago
If by “junior dev”, you mean “a dev at a level so low they will be let go if not promoted”, then I agree.
I’ve watched my coworkers try to make use of LLMs at work, and it has convinced me the LLM’s contributions are well below the bar where their output is a net benefit to the team.
- raccoonDivider 3y agoIt works pretty well in my C++ code. Context: modern C++ with few footguns, inside functions with pretty-self-explanatory names. I don't really get the "low bar for contributions" argument because GH Copilot's contributions are too small-sized for there to even be any bar. It writes the obvious and tedious loops and other boilerplate so I can focus on what the code should actually do.
- int_19h 3y agoConversely, I was very skeptical of its ability to help coding something non-trivial. Then I found out that the more readable your code is - in a very human way, like descriptive identifiers, comments etc - the better this "smart autocomplete" is. It's certainly good enough to save me a lot of typing, so it is a net benefit.