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by k3liutZu 402 days ago
> Meanwhile, engineers are using it for code completion and as a Google search alternative.

Yep, that's the usefulness right now.

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In my experience it's far less useful than simple auto complete. It makes things up for even small amounts of code that I have to pause my flow to correct. Also, without actually googling you don't get any context or understanding of what it's writing.
I found it to be more distracting recently. Suggestions that are too long or written in a different style make me lose my own thread of logic that I'm trying to weave .

I've had to switch it off for periods to maintain flow.