Copilot Reality

Code Repository Copilot and similar tools are force multipliers, but they multiply everything—both good code and bad patterns.

The "Autoconplete" Trap

Developers often accept the first suggestion because it "looks right." Reality Check:

• It hallucinates libraries that don't exist.
• It uses deprecated APIs from its training data cutoff (2021/2023).
• It introduces subtle security vulnerabilities (SQL injection, XSS) because it learned from bad StackOverflow answers.

Where It Shines

• Boilerplate: "Write a React component with these props."
• Regex: "Write a regex for email validation." (Please verify it though).
• Unit Tests: "Write tests for this function." (It's surprisingly good at finding edge cases).

The Senior Dev's New Role

The role of a Senior Developer has shifted from Code Author to Code Reviewer. You are now reviewing code written by an enthusiastic intern who never sleeps but often hallucinates. If you stop reading the code because an AI wrote it, you are dead.