OpenAI researcher Szymon Sidor said high schoolers should be learning how to code. Sidor said learning to code is about much ...

AI coding assistants shine for boilerplate code, simple functions, documentation, debugging, and other routine tasks. Don’t push them too far.

AI coding tools such as Amazon CodeWhisperer and GitHub Copilot boost the productivity of pro and novice developers alike. They’re only the beginning.

If coding becomes easier, he argues, we’ll just make more, better software. We’ll use it to solve problems that wouldn’t have been worth the hassle previously, and standards will skyrocket.

To do so, Mr. Giorgi has his own timesaving helper: an A.I. coding assistant. He taps a few keys and the software tool suggests the rest of the line of code.