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1. ipnon+V5[view] [source] 2021-10-27 18:11:22
>>orph+(OP)
Can any users give their opinion on how it's helping their productivity? What problems are they finding, if any?
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2. capabl+K8[view] [source] 2021-10-27 18:23:34
>>ipnon+V5
Tried it out for a while, and it's clear that it's trying to get people to be faster at writing boilerplate, not get people to write better code.

I'm a bit scared for what this means as I don't think being able to faster write boilerplate is something worthwhile. The example ed_elliott_asc made is one of those examples where instead of fixing things so you don't have to repeat yourself, copilot makes it easy to just live with the boilerplate instead.

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3. airstr+Wc[view] [source] 2021-10-27 18:40:59
>>capabl+K8
> I don't think being able to faster write boilerplate is something worthwhile

But do you believe people being slower at writing boilerplate is undesirable?

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4. kyleee+yd[view] [source] 2021-10-27 18:44:24
>>airstr+Wc
It may be desirable for boilerplate to be maximally painful if it forces our collective hands to cut down on boilerplate and innovate it away
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5. keving+Od[view] [source] 2021-10-27 18:45:20
>>kyleee+yd
Who is realistically going to innovate the boilerplate out of Java if they're stuck using it at work?
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6. stelco+un[view] [source] 2021-10-27 19:30:33
>>keving+Od
I mean, Clojure kinda does that
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7. keving+6I[view] [source] 2021-10-27 21:15:24
>>stelco+un
So the solution to the problems that Copilot tries to solve is "migrate your workplace to Clojure"? Ordinary devs can't do that.
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