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by ilrwbwrkhv 1432 days ago
> often it’s faster and easier to edit incorrect autogenerated code than to write it from scratch, especially when you work with many languages with their own idioms.

Completely disagree. Once you get really fluent in a language it is so much faster to write something from scratch. Especially if you have certain patterns you follow.

Code review is different because that has a different goal.

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I’m fluent in English and I find autocomplete helpful. More advanced tools like Writefull that can help paraphrase or structure larger blocks of text have a lot of potential. These next generation autocomplete tools already are and will be increasingly useful to experts.