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: “Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t.” ¯_(ツ)_/¯ You will find a wide range of developer opinions on the internet, from “this made me so much faster” all the way to “I switched it off, it was useless”. That is because the usefulness of these tools depends on the circumstances. And the judgment of usefulness depends on how high your expectations are."