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by mwint 1073 days ago
The main thing I find copilot good for is things that are easy to validate, but tedious (not hard!) to write. Stuff like colors for different statuses, or error messages.

I actually love it for writing error messages. Keeps me in flow better not having to switch to writing Human English every five lines when something fails validation.

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I agree, in fact I used it to generate a list of colors for a very simple color picker at work. It was very helpful. That said I could also have a chat interface do that for me when I want it, so I can keep my editing experience distraction free.