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New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' (visualstudiomagazine.com)

submitted 9 months ago by walter_wiggles to c/programming@programming.dev

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Interesting to see the benefits and drawbacks called out.

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[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I find that code way too fun to write to let someone or something else do it for me 😂

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 4 points 9 months ago

Actual time spent micromanaging the AI until it produces the perfect code may or may not exceed writing the code yourself.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

That’s fair, and if I were getting paid for it I’d do the same! But it’s for a project that’s essentially a pomodoro timer 😆 so it’s harder to justify the time