[UncleMeat]

That's why everybody programs in base notepad, with no syntax highlighting or auto complete or live error notifications or linting or any other quality of life feature.

What you say here is true. Writing code is not remotely the hardest part of software engineering. But that does not mean that there is zero value in making it easier.

Shifting gears is not remotely the hardest part of safely driving a car. Yet automatic transmissions are a nice feature for tons of people.

I do not understand this dismissal based on the fact that copilot does not completely revolutionize software engineering in a way that no other product has ever come close to doing.