• howrar@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I would argue that it provides lots of value precisely because a programmer’s job is to think. Less time spent on brain-dead stuff means more time available to think.

    • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 days ago

      I use copilot at work (not by choice) and I find it’s useful as a somewhat smarter autocompletion, plus I can offload some menial tasks to it, like turning an if else into a switch statement.