ChatGPT and to a lesser degree Copilot have been very valuable to me this year. Copilot often saves me a lot of typing on a 1-3 line scope, occasionally surpri

ChatGPT and to a lesser degree Copilot have been very valuable to me this year. Copilot often saves me a lot of typing on a 1-3 line scope, occasionally surprising me with exactly what I was about to write on a 5-10 line scope. It’s really good during rearrangement and early refactoring (as you are building a new thing and changing your mind as you go about code organization). ChatGPT, or “Jimmy” - as I like to call him - has been great for answering syntax questions, idiom questions, etc. when applying my general skills based on other languages to ones I’m less familiar with. It has also been good for “discussing” architecture approaches to a problem with respect to a particular toolset. With proper guidance and very clear prompting, I usually get highly value responses. I would rough guess that these two tools have saved me 2-3 months of solo time this year - nay, since April. One I get down in the deep details, I use Jimmy much less often. But when I hit something new, or something I long since forgot, he’s ready to be relative expert / knowledge base.