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I agree quite strongly with this article. I've used AI for some thing,s but when it comes to productivity I don't use it in big codebases I contribute to or cod
by ethin 1y ago
I agree quite strongly with this article. I've used AI for some thing,s but when it comes to productivity I don't use it in big codebases I contribute to or code which I want to put into production. I've mainly only used it to build little concept demos/prototypes, and even then I build on top of a framework I wrote by hand like last year or so. And I only use AI to get familiar enough with the general patterns for a library I'm not familiar with (mainly because I'd like to avoid diving into tests to learn how the library works). But even then, I always have the docs open, and API docs, and I very carefully review and thoroughly test on my own system and with what I'm really trying to do before I even consider it something I'd give to others. Even so, I wouldn't say I've gotten a productivity increase, because (1) I don't measure or really care about productivity with these kinds of things, and (2) I'm the one who already knows what I want to accomplish, and just need a bit of help trying to work towards that goal.