I look forward to this AI bubble popping or deflating so I don't have AI spam all over every news source and shoved in my face in developer tools. The only productivity impact so far -- not an improvement -- has come from trying to ignore the hype and grift.
That may all change when I have a dedicated copilot key on my keyboard
1. Non core jobs that don't need a lot of customization nor need to be done particularly well.
For example, I had to help a friend with a tax credit estimation function for their charity (they can't code and their current developer left much to be desired). I don't know jQuery. I haven't touched it since university. I pasted in the documentation from the jurisdiction's tax site and got a working solution in 12 seconds. Solution may be inefficient. It may not be clean code (was cleaner than what it replaced though). It doesn't matter. It took 12 seconds. That is an incredible value. I didn't even have to look up what a jQuery selector was, even though I had long forgotten. And yes, it got it correct. I know enough raw JS to know that.
2. Understanding API docs such as https://docsgpt.antimetal.com/. I am not the owner of this. I don't pay anything for this. I read about it here on Hacker News. It is fantastic.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadThat may all change when I have a dedicated copilot key on my keyboard
For example, I had to help a friend with a tax credit estimation function for their charity (they can't code and their current developer left much to be desired). I don't know jQuery. I haven't touched it since university. I pasted in the documentation from the jurisdiction's tax site and got a working solution in 12 seconds. Solution may be inefficient. It may not be clean code (was cleaner than what it replaced though). It doesn't matter. It took 12 seconds. That is an incredible value. I didn't even have to look up what a jQuery selector was, even though I had long forgotten. And yes, it got it correct. I know enough raw JS to know that.
2. Understanding API docs such as https://docsgpt.antimetal.com/. I am not the owner of this. I don't pay anything for this. I read about it here on Hacker News. It is fantastic.