Developers beware: AI pair programming comes with pitfalls
AI pair programming tools, designed to speed up development, bring benefits ranging from suggestions for simple lines of code to the ability to build and deploy entire applications, but the pitfalls are significant.
In addition to improving productivity by alleviating some of the more mundane coding tasks, developers who use AI pair programming tools experience less frustration and can focus on more satisfying work, according to a GitHub survey of 2,000 developers. An array of these tools exist, including this year’s releases GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer and Tabnine. They joined a long list of existing AI-powered bots such as Kite