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marginalia_nuyesterday at 4:38 PM1 replyview on HN

To be honest, some times it's still beneficial.

For fairly straightforward changes it's probably a wash, but ironically enough it's often the trickier jobs where they can be beneficial as it will provide an ansatz that can be refined. It's also very good at tedious chores.


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misnomeyesterday at 6:23 PM

And spotting stuff in review! Sometimes it’s false positives but on several occasions I’ve spent ~15-30 minutes teaching-reviewing a PR in person, checked afterwards and it matched every one of the points.