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Can GitHub Copilot make you a worse programmer?

by preetamjinka on 2/7/23, 4:58 PM with 1 comments

• by alokshukla on 2/7/23, 6:12 PM

  I agree with the gist of the article. There is merit in learning the core skills before getting the assists - more so for folks starting out in their career - there is a value in solving problems with the first principles.

  I have also observed that once you used to write code generated by Co-pilot, you struggled to write test stubs and code coverage for the same piece of code. And it is always harder to fix code written by someone else, especially in P0 scenarios.

  Off-course, when you are a senior programmer, you develop the flair of using assists to move faster, but by that time, you are a seasoned professional.