Comment by bsimpson
12 hours ago
I usually use git and open source tooling, but I've been working with our internal tech stack recently. It includes an editor with AI-powered autocomplete, and it drives me crazy.
It populates suggestions nearly instantly, which is constantly distracting. They're often wrong (either not the comment I was leaving, or code that's not valid). Most of the normal navigation keys implicitly accept the suggestion, so I spend an annoying amount of time editing code I didn't write, and fighting with the tool to STFU and let me work. Sometimes I'll try what it suggests only to find out that it doesn't build or is broken in other stupid ways.
All of this with the constant anxiety to "be more productive because AI."
oof. nothing like a home grown tool that gets more in your way than helps!
i especially find suggestions distracting in markdown where i feel is the key place i really dont want an llm trying to interfere in my ability to communicate to other developers on my team