I signed up for a Copilot trial a few weeks ago and so far my feelings on the tool are mixed.
When a code suggestion is correct it’s nice but it honestly feels like a very rare occurrence so far.
What often ends up happening is I will get suggested a snippet that is close to, but not exactly what I need. So if I accept the suggestion, I end up doing a fair amount of editing anyways to correct the suggestion.
Even worse, occasionally I will accept a suggestion and only later notice a subtle mistake.
The place I’ve seen the biggest benefit is with writing comments or user facing text copy.
I see people on Twitter and Hacker News talking about how much their productivity is being boosted by Copilot and ChatGPT…
But I’m just left scratching my head because I’m barely certain I’m seeing ANY boost from either of these tools so far. I feel like I’m missing something?
When a code suggestion is correct it’s nice but it honestly feels like a very rare occurrence so far.
What often ends up happening is I will get suggested a snippet that is close to, but not exactly what I need. So if I accept the suggestion, I end up doing a fair amount of editing anyways to correct the suggestion.
Even worse, occasionally I will accept a suggestion and only later notice a subtle mistake.
The place I’ve seen the biggest benefit is with writing comments or user facing text copy.
I see people on Twitter and Hacker News talking about how much their productivity is being boosted by Copilot and ChatGPT…
But I’m just left scratching my head because I’m barely certain I’m seeing ANY boost from either of these tools so far. I feel like I’m missing something?