I've found AI to be quite helpful in pointing me in the right direction when navigating an entirely new code-base.
When it's code I already know like the back of my hand, it's not super helpful, other than maybe doing a few automated tasks like refactoring, where there have already been some good tools for a while.
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I've found AI to be quite helpful in pointing me in the right direction when navigating an entirely new code-base.
When it's code I already know like the back of my hand, it's not super helpful, other than maybe doing a few automated tasks like refactoring, where there have already been some good tools for a while.