“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)
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.
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.