On: Is GitHub Copilot a blessing, or a curse?

[drpixie]

Now, imagine you're sitting with your boss, the average typically incompetent project manager or lead programmer ...

Them: type type type ... accept accept ... save (unaware or choosing not to understand the meaningless uncompilable garbage that's been generated)

Them: "There, that's the xxxx function. You'll have the rest done in 2 days, won't you!"

[da39a3ee → drpixie]

Agree with your sentiment. But there is a solution:

You: “Great, that might be good. Please stay here while we write and run the tests for that. (Our engineering handbook emphasizes how important tests are, as you know.)”