It catches things like spelling errors in variable names, does good autocomplete, and it’s useful to have it look through a file before committing it and creating a pull request.

It’s very useful for throwaway work like writing scripts and automations.

It’s useful not but a 10x multiplier like all the CEOs claim it is.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fully agreed. Everybody is betting it'll get there eventually and trying to jockey for position being ahead of the pack, but at the moment there isn't any guarantee that it'll get to where the corpos are assuming it already is.

Which is not the same as not having better autocomplete/spellcheck/"hey, how do I format this specific thing" tools.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it’s still super useful.

I think the execs want to see dev salaries go to zero, but these tools make more sense as an accelerator, like giving an accountant excel.

I get a bit more done faster, that’s a solid value proposition.