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1. kruuud+K9[view] [source] 2025-05-21 12:28:20
>>laiysb+(OP)
A comment on the first pull request provides some context:

> The stream of PRs is coming from requests from the maintainers of the repo. We're experimenting to understand the limits of what the tools can do today and preparing for what they'll be able to do tomorrow. Anything that gets merged is the responsibility of the maintainers, as is the case for any PR submitted by anyone to this open source and welcoming repo. Nothing gets merged without it meeting all the same quality bars and with us signing up for all the same maintenance requirements.

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2. abxyz+6d[view] [source] 2025-05-21 12:56:11
>>kruuud+K9
The author of that comment, an employee of Microsoft, goes on to say:

> It is my opinion that anyone not at least thinking about benefiting from such tools will be left behind.

The read here is: Microsoft is so abuzz with excitement/panic about AI taking all software engineering jobs that Microsoft employees are jumping on board with Microsoft's AI push out of a fear of "being left behind". That's not the confidence inspiring the statement they intended it to be, it's the opposite, it underscores that this isn't the .net team "experimenting to understand the limits of what the tools" but rather the .net team trying to keep their jobs.

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3. Vicini+Yr[view] [source] 2025-05-21 14:33:49
>>abxyz+6d
If you're not using it where it's useful to you, then I still wouldn't say you're getting left behind, but you're making your job harder than it has to be. Anecdotally I've found it useful mostly for writing unit tests and sometimes debugging (can be as effective as a rubber duck).

It's like the 2025 version not not using an IDE.

It's a powerful tool. You still need to know when to and when not to use it.

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4. marcos+Jx[view] [source] 2025-05-21 15:03:16
>>Vicini+Yr
> It's like the 2025 version not not using an IDE.

That's right on the mark. It will save you a little bit of work on tasks that aren't the bottleneck on your productivity, and disrupt some random tasks that may or may not be important.

It's makes so little difference that plenty of people in 2025 don't use an IDE, and looking at their performance from the outside one just can't tell.

Except that LLMs have less potential to improve your tasks and more potential to be disruptive.

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5. ryandr+jH[view] [source] 2025-05-21 15:57:03
>>marcos+Jx
Yea, "using an IDE" is a very good analogy. IDEs are not silver bullets, although they no doubt help some engineers. There are plenty of developers, on the other hand, who are amazingly productive without using IDEs.
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