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by Kiro 944 days ago
> The code is usually the same code I'd get a few web searches away

My impression is that people normally don't use Copilot as a substitute for finding solutions (ChatGPT is much better for that), but as a way to help with otherwise tedious tasks that are really specific to your codebase. Check out 6:05 and 6:25 in this Andreas Kling video for a good example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxubNQC5O8

Regarding your second point Copilot helps me when I least expects it. I think the video illustrates what I mean with that as well.

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> Check out 6:05 and 6:25 in this Andreas Kling video for a good example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxubNQC5O8

Oof. So not only was it a poor replacement for a macro, it didn't even generate the correct code!

It really is amazing and Andreas Kling is awesome. Thanks for the link