[djeastm]

>our clients are still a long way from being able to use those

So it's simply a matter of time

>often too erratic to be useful

So sometimes it is useful.

[layer8]

Too erratic to be net useful.

[anuramat]

Even for code reviews/test generation/documentation search?

[layer8]

Documentation search I might agree, but that wasn’t really the context, I think. Code reviews is hit and miss, but maybe doesn’t hurt too much. They aren’t better at writing good tests than at writing good code in the first place.

[anuramat]

> wasn't the context

yeah, I'm just curious about the vibe in general

> good tests

are there any downsides to adding "bad tests" though? as long as you keep generated tests separate, it's basically free regression testing, and if something meaningfully breaks on a refactor, you can promote it to not-actually-slop