ML-Enhanced Code Completion Improves Developer Productivity (2022)

"cigarettes do not have adverse health effects"

- cigarette industry

I suppose the hot take on this is something like: there are detractors, but I think for the majority of software engineers - and certainly those using premium plans of the various available providers - this is not news.

Being perhaps a little bit more thoughtful: 2 - 3 years after the beginning of widespread adoption of ML - specifically transformer - assisted software development, having some actual numbers that demonstrate its value and can help to press the case for its adoption is in fact useful.

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