As a solo full-stack developer with 20 years of experience in PHP, I’ve found that using Copilot for my latest project (Laraval app) boosts my productivity by at least 50%. The multi-line autocomplete often nails exactly what I’m trying to achieve. I can easily verify its accuracy as I've written the same code multiple times over the span of my career and it is way faster than typing the same lines.
In addition to Copilot, I frequently use ChatGPT to get quick answers or examples, even beyond Laravel's already excellent documentation. It’s also incredibly useful for quickly learning the basics of setting up the infrastructure for my projects, saving me time and effort in the process.