When should you use AI coding assistants?
My
article on InfoWorld gets to the bottom of when AI coding assistants shine, and when they don't.
AI coding assistants: sometimes a total time-saver, other times a weird little chaos machine. So, where's the line?
My latest for InfoWorld explores when to use AI coding assistants and why they work better for some tasks than others.
The short and skinny: they're great for boilerplate code, simple functions, and documentation. Not so much for novel builds or large-scale refactors.
This one features expert advice from API strategist Kevin Swiber, Charity Majors, CTO of honeycomb.io, Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, and Harry Wang, chief growth officer at Sonar.
It also references research from BlueOptima, Stack Overflow, DX, and Salesforce’s latest State of IT survey.
This space is evolving quickly, and some concerns here may soon vanish. But for now, I think this is a good representation of their utility!
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