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Comment by xenophonf

1 year ago

Autocomplete:

It's nice, but using non-shitty libraries with good documentation is nicer.

Language servers:

Bloat.

Copilot:

Why bother with AI when I'm good at writing buggy code myself?

Remembering types and fields:

Don't trust memory. Write documentation—if only for yourself if not for your colleagues.

The language server go-to-definition feature:

That doesn't require a language server, just a cross-reference; see also ctags, bloat (above).