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Ignoring lemmyhate, are programmers really using AI to be more efficient? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev
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I've seen a few articles saying that instead of hating AI, the real quiet programmers young and old are loving it and have a renewed sense of purpose coding with llm helpers (this article was also hating on ed zitiron, which makes sense why it would).

Is this total bullshit? I have to admit, even though it makes me ill, I've used llms a few times to help me learn simple code syntax quickly (im and absolute noob who's wanted my whole life to learn code but cant grasp it very well). But yes, a lot of time its wrong.

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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The pycharm AI integration completes each line. That’s very useful when you are repeating a well known algorithm and not distracting when you are doing something unusual. So overall, for small things AI is a speed up. I haven’t tried asking chatgpt for bigger coffe chunks, I haven’t had the greatest experience with it up to now and ii don’t want to spend more time debugging than I am already.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Oh man, the Codeium auto complete in PyCharm has been just awful for me. Slow enough that it doesnt come up fast enough that I ever expect it (and rarely comes up when I pause to wait for it) then goes away instantly when I invariably continue typing when it comes up. Then won't come back if I backspace, erase the word and start retyping it, etc. And competes with the old school pycharm auto complete sometimes which adds another layer of fun.