Exploring Gen AI: When is in-line assistance useful?

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Martin Fowler

Exploring Generative AI

Generative AI and particularly LLMs (Large Language Models) have exploded into the public consciousness. Like many software developers I am intrigued by the possibilities, but unsure what exactly it will mean for our profession in the long run. I have now taken on a role in Thoughtworks to coordinate our work on how this technology will affect software delivery practices. I’ll be posting various memos here to describe what my colleagues and I are learning and thinking.

Earlier Memos Latest Memo: In-line assistance – when is it more useful?

The most widely used form of coding assistance in Thoughtworks at the moment is in-line code generation in the IDE, where an IDE extension generates suggestions for the developer as they are typing in the IDE.

The short answer to the question, “Is this useful?” is:

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