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AI coding tools are good at simple tasks. McKinsey and GitHub data suggests
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My confirmation bias is satisfied yet again...
Recently I've shared my experience with AI coding assistants shining in smart refactoring while they fail to impress in more complicated stuff requiring a deep understanding of the code base (SourceGraph's Cody AI, Google's Project IDX).
In this recent study of generative AI tools in software development by McKinsey, conducted on a pool of 40 developers, there were little-to-no gains on complex tasks. On the contrary simpler tasks stuff …
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