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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I tend to write a comment of what I want to do, and have Copilot suggest the next 1-8 lines for me. I then check the code if it's correct and fix it if necessary.

For small tasks it's usually good enough, and I've already written a comment explaining what the code does. It can also be convenient to use it to explore an unknown library or functionality quickly.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Unknown library" often means a rather small and sparely documented and used library tho, for me. Which means AI makes everything even worse by hallucinating.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

I meant a library unknown to me specifically. I do encounter hallucinations every now and then but usually they're quickly fixable.

It's made me a little bit faster, sometimes. It's certainly not like a 50-100% increase or anything, maybe like a 5-10% at best?