Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.

I’ve tried ChatGPT and its variants with development tasks. For someone who is still relatively knew at coing, I’ve found it helpful to move me further along in my goal. 

Reading through the rest of the article it sounds like it’s still a big question mark as to whether AI tools make a difference. 

However, anecdotally talking to friends who are developers, it sounds like there can be a benefit if you already understand what you’re doing, but want help moving things along. 

The biggest challenge I’ve felt is forgetting what I know or being blocked in some area I don’t understand. It seems that an AI assistant can help a bit in these areas. 

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