Nemeski to [email protected] • 2 months agoHow Software Engineers Actually Use AIwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up125cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up125external-linkHow Software Engineers Actually Use AIwww.wired.comNemeski to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•edit-22 months agoUnfortunately, the article does not write about how people use it. I use it to skip reading docs. Either it works, or I read the docs, sometimes in parallel, whatever is faster. Oftentimes I just forgot how some function is called. I’m still in the testing phase and in more than 50% of the cases its crap. Halizination is a real problem with those models that I’ve used.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•edit-22 months agoI use it mainly for code completion, and it’s great until I hit <tab> to indent and accidentally accept a 50 line suggestion.
minus-squareRikudou_Sagelinkfedilink3•2 months agoI limit suggestions to one line, that’s the sweet spot for me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoYou tell me the article “How software engineers actually use AI” is not about how software engineers use AI?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-22 months agoAt least an ai would’ve adressed the topic but the post didnt
Unfortunately, the article does not write about how people use it.
I use it to skip reading docs. Either it works, or I read the docs, sometimes in parallel, whatever is faster.
Oftentimes I just forgot how some function is called.
I’m still in the testing phase and in more than 50% of the cases its crap. Halizination is a real problem with those models that I’ve used.
I use it mainly for code completion, and it’s great until I hit <tab> to indent and accidentally accept a 50 line suggestion.
I limit suggestions to one line, that’s the sweet spot for me.
You tell me the article “How software engineers actually use AI” is not about how software engineers use AI?
At least an ai would’ve adressed the topic but the post didnt