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The Copilot Delusion (deplet.ing)

submitted 1 month ago by exu@feditown.com to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You want real connection to code? You earn that. You dig in. You wrestle with segfaults at 3 in the morning. You pace your apartment muttering about pointer arithmetic. You burn through Handmade Hero until you get it.

Absolutely the best learning happens at 3AM. This guy is selling being overworked to the breaking point as some kind of rite of passage. That’s not working. Or learning. It’s the road to sucking off a 9mm 4 weeks later.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

I think, they meant the opposite. Extending your workday until 3 AM means you'll be your least productive at that point. Whereas if you're coding on a passion project at 3 AM (and you're reasonably rested), then it's often the most productive time of day, because there's no distractions, nothing else to be doing...

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