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I guess I dont see the point if only 10% of the time it's exactly what you want and the rest of the time you have to go back and touch up the line.

Does it train a programmer for accepting less than ideal code because it was suggested? Similar to how some programmers blindly copy code from StackOverflow without modification.

Seems like there is a potential downside that's being ignored.

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> Does it train a programmer for accepting less than ideal code because it was suggested? Similar to how some programmers blindly copy code from StackOverflow without modification.

Maybe juniors, but I don't see this being likely for anyone else. I've been using TabNine for ages and it's closer to just a fancy autocomplete than a code assistant. Usually it writes what I would write, and if I don't see what I would write I just write it myself (until either I wrote the whole thing or it suggests the right thing). Of course, barring some variable names or whatever.

I don't have it "write code for me" - that happens in my head. It just does the typing.

> I guess I dont see the point if only 10% of the time it's exactly what you want and the rest of the time you have to go back and touch up the line.

Think of it as tab complete. If it's wrong, don't hit tab.

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