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Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants (www.cio.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“Many developers say AI coding assistants make them more productive, but a recent study set forth to measure their output and found no significant gains. Use of GitHub Copilot also introduced 41% more bugs, according to the study from Uplevel”

study referenced: Can GenAI Actually Improve Developer Productivity? (requires email)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s helpful when you want to try to figure out an error or even just write a few lines of boiler plate code quickly without needing to look through library documentation.

[–] hex 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. It's also helpful if you're grappling with a new framework and similarly are struggling with a basic error. But more complex issues, AI will usually struggle and introduce questionable design decisions if we lean on it too much.