That Stat About AI Code Generation Really Got Me

I used to think all this AI coding stuff was just hype, you know? I figured it was just auto-complete on steroids and not really useful for real work. But then I read a piece from GitHub's blog last month that said Copilot now writes over 46% of code in projects where it's enabled. That number surprised me... I thought it would be way lower, like maybe 10 or 15 percent. I started testing it on a side project I'm doing for my buddy's small business site, just to see. Honestly, after using it for a week, I can see how that stat could be true. It doesn't replace thinking, but it handles all the boring boilerplate stuff way faster than I can. Has anyone else had a moment where a specific number changed how they felt about AI tools?

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lisa53d ago

Same here honestly. I was real skeptical about it until I saw that same stat. I tried it out on a small site rebuild and was shocked how much time it saved me on writing the basic CRUD stuff. It still messes up sometimes but for the repetitive parts it's way faster than typing it all out myself.

josephl673d agoMost Upvoted

Does it ever spit out code that looks right but just doesn't work?