Maybe it’s because I’m only using it as plan B or C (after the documentation has already failed me), but I have never gotten any usable code out of chatGPT.
And yet co-pilot is able to finish my code perfectly after I type the first few characters… even though they’re the same model.
Co-pilot isn’t using the same model. They’re using a model that’s been trained on a LOT of open-source code.
Alot of “open” source code ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Unless it’s Microsoft documentation in which case it feels more like bill gates beating me over the head with the frying pan until I give up and find an alternative way to achieve my goal
Or AWS documentation. Trying to use it feels like getting tortured with thumbscrews.
I hate it so much. It’s a cyclical maze of ignorance and frustration.
Google, on the other hand, may have my hand in marriage.
Programming with AI help is like having the expert chef at my shoulder, giving me tips, but he’s high as hell on three different mild altering drugs.
Then he’s like “That cake needs some lemon juice. Trust me.”