Software Engineering With AI: 12 Months Of GitHub Copilot
Integrated GitHub Copilot into my dev workflow for 1 year, discovering its strengths in automating repetitive tasks & sparking creativity, but also limitations like context awareness & accuracy issues.
One year ago, I integrated GitHub Copilot into my development workflow. Billed as an AI pair programmer, it promised to revolutionize how developers write code. After 12 months of daily use, I’ve gathered invaluable insights into its strengths, limitations, and the ways it has reshaped my coding practices. The First Impressions: Automation Meets Creativity When I first started using GitHub Copilot, it felt like a futuristic leap. The AI could generate boilerplate code, suggest functions, and even refactor snippets with minimal input. Tasks that once took minutes were completed in sec...