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minus-squareiglou@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·edit-220 hours agoIf it’s a tool you can use yourself and it makes you more efficient, you don’t need a study to recognize its efficiency. If you’re a software engineer, just try it yourself. Your own experience is the best proof you can find to judge if a tool is useful to you or not.
minus-squaremoustachio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·20 hours agoI am a software engineer, and trying it is exactly how I know it is not a “force multiplier.” Outside of my personal experience—there’s also zero actual evidence it provides anywhere near the benefits it’s marketed as.
minus-squareiglou@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·20 hours agoThen we have a different experience, and that’s fine
If it’s a tool you can use yourself and it makes you more efficient, you don’t need a study to recognize its efficiency.
If you’re a software engineer, just try it yourself. Your own experience is the best proof you can find to judge if a tool is useful to you or not.
I am a software engineer, and trying it is exactly how I know it is not a “force multiplier.”
Outside of my personal experience—there’s also zero actual evidence it provides anywhere near the benefits it’s marketed as.
Then we have a different experience, and that’s fine