HOW I USE LLMS AS A STAFF ENGINEER

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This post discusses how a staff engineer from GitHub who worked directly on Copilot uses large language models. Large language models can be helpful for smart autocomplete, short tactical chains, writing use-once-and-throwaway research code, asking questions to learn about new topics, last-resort bug fixes, and proofreading. The technology still isn't great for writing PR, ADRs, or other technical communications. It also isn't great for research in large codebases.