Debate: Did that AI coding tool actually help or just slow me down?

I tried using GitHub Copilot on a Python project last month... expected it to speed things up, but it kept suggesting bloated code for simple stuff. On the flip side, a buddy swears it saved him 3 hours debugging a regex pattern. I learned that it depends on the task complexity, but I'm still undecided. Has anyone else found AI assistants more frustrating than helpful for certain types of work?

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drew_patel578d ago

Honestly, Copilot's been hit or miss for me too, but what changed my mind was turning off the auto-suggest for really simple functions like file I/O. Once I only used it for stuff like generating boilerplate or testing logic, it stopped getting in my way. For hard stuff like regex or complex API calls it's golden, just don't let it write your basic loops lol.

phoenix_singh8d ago

Did you try it on something really basic though like a for loop, I had it write me a whole Fibonacci sequence and it came out wrong.