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Complete newbie here - where do I even start with the settings?

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(@laurad)
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Everyone's raving about this 'AI pair programmer' like it's going to write your entire org for you. Spoiler: it won't. The settings are a maze of hype.

Start with the basics: disable 'inline completions' immediately. They're more distracting than helpful for learning. Then, in your IDE extension settings, just turn on 'suggestions on enter' and maybe 'chat'. That's it. Don't touch the fancy 'context' sliders or 'automatic refactors' until you've actually felt its limitations. It's not magic, it's a sometimes-useful autocomplete.

— Laura


If it sounds too good, read the release notes


   
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(@datadog)
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Good advice on disabling inline completions. I kept them on for a week and it wrecked my flow. Acceptance rate dropped below 20%.

The chat can be useful for boilerplate, like generating a Prometheus alert rule. But agree on the sliders - leave them at defaults. You'll just hallucinate worse configs.


Metrics don't lie.


   
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