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The problem is that it only works for basic stuff for which there is a lot of existing example code out there to work with.

In niche situations it's not helpful at all in writing code that works (or even close). It is helpful as a quick lookup for docs for libs or functions you don't use much, or for gotchas that you might otherwise search StackOverflow for answers to.

It's good for quick-and-dirty code that I need for one-off scripts, testing, and stuff like that which won't make it into production.



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