Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.
Because I definitely gain a lot as a programmer, even though it doesn’t necessarily translate into measurable profit for my company.
I do spend my brain less on grindy boring shit and more on crafting creative solutions to interesting problems. Which in turn makes me quite happy - a HUGE benefit.
The study measured pull request (PR) cycle time, or the time to merge code into a repository, and PR throughput, the number of pull requests merged. It found no significant improvements for developers using Copilot.
That means their metrics suck.
Because I definitely gain a lot as a programmer, even though it doesn’t necessarily translate into measurable profit for my company.
I do spend my brain less on grindy boring shit and more on crafting creative solutions to interesting problems. Which in turn makes me quite happy - a HUGE benefit.
But would you pay for it?
My employer’s paying for my access, and I only find it a bit useful here and there
Maybe my company gets a great discount or something, but if they would pay me the subscription cost to give up Copilot, I wouldn’t miss it
I am paying for it.
Yeah doesn’t seem like the best measurements.
Been coding up a little dashboard in the last week, and it’s been making me around 30% more efficient.
And you are right, it’s mostly taking away the boring parts, which is awesome.
Don’t know why you were down dooted, that’s absolutely true and exactly how I feel, and how everyone I’ve talked to about copilot feels.