Ask HN: Do you use co-pilot or ChatGPT for code?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34434892

by mooreds • 4 years ago

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As these tools become more capable, are you using them for production code, documentation, spikes, or for example apps?

Or are you worried about the legality of the code generated and how that might ripple back and affect the product or company?

shenli3514• 4 years ago

I use ChatGPT a lot.

mooreds2• 4 years ago

Is this for code you are getting paid for, or to explore new things, or just to ask questions: "how do I <x>?"

stevenjgarner2• 4 years ago

Have you found that it has been down quite a bit lately as use has grown?

gardenfelder2• 4 years ago

zenosmosis• 4 years ago

Me neither, but I'm curious how useful it could be for code review (but only in open-source projects).

mooreds2• 4 years ago

Why not? No access? Concerns about legality? Haven't found it generates correct code? Something else?

gardenfelder2• 4 years ago

I code to learn new things, not just to get code done.

Of course, that's not for everybody. Perhaps, back when I was employed as a software engineer, I might have considered it, but even then, coding is such a joy, a play to explore new ideas, I'm not inclined to let some AI do it for me.

drpixie• 4 years ago

#1 I'm not a script monkey.

#2 It's just as easy to write stuff, than to carefully check for dumb AI errors.

jareds• 4 years ago

I use it for basic things like automatically creating Spring Boot rest services in personal applications when I can't remember the annotations. I find it quicker then googling. If it were work code I would just look at an existing code base. I've tried it for more complex tasks and the code it generated was nothing close to the required algorithm.

rychco• 4 years ago

Copilot/Gpt has removed many of the situations where I need to consult documentation or stackoverflow for something quick. In some cases it’s much better than official docs for clarifying how to use a particular function/class/parameter/etc. I haven’t used it at work, mostly because I don’t think my employer wants copilot phoning home while I’m working on NDA’d projects. For my personal projects & experiments I use it all the time. I find it to be an extraordinary productivity boost & really helps me stay in the editor without interrupting flow. If nothing else, that’s worth $10/month.

stevenjgarner2• 4 years ago

Has anyone had any success doing testing on existing code? cf unit tests

Ask HN: Do you use co-pilot or ChatGPT for code?

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