Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants (www.cio.com)
from psychothumbs@lemmy.world to programming@programming.dev on 03 Oct 2024 21:05
https://lemmy.world/post/20473932

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Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 23:01 collapse

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.

Kache@lemm.ee on 06 Oct 2024 02:21 next collapse

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

Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 06 Oct 2024 09:00 collapse

I am paying for it.

GetOffMyLan@programming.dev on 07 Oct 2024 06:21 collapse

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.

Yeah doesn’t seem like the best measurements.