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Actually if you read the study (I didn't want to give them my email either) you'll find that they can't tell generated code apart from any other code, and are j
by ctoth 3y ago
Actually if you read the study (I didn't want to give them my email either) you'll find that they can't tell generated code apart from any other code, and are just saying that code quality went down (per their metrics) in 2023. They assume it is because of Copilot. They do not demonstrate this.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoIndeed, it could be a number of reasons: - Making code more accessible mean people with lower skills can contribute. - Increased in productivity increased expectations for deadlines and so there is less time for quality. - 2023 was a year with lower code quality on average for everybody. - Easier code to produce meant more code produced, and maybe it dwarfed the absolute amount of quality code, giving this impression, while the relative amount didn't change but we don't have their way of measuring good code. Etc
- JohnFen 3y ago> They assume it is because of Copilot. They do not demonstrate this. True. It does, however, correspond with my observations of devs at my workplace. Those who have been using copilot (and the like) have had fairly obvious drops in the quality of their work.