OffHeap 88. Of Smart Agents that help you code better...or worse?

So Coding Agents are here to stay. And they are hitting everywhere we go! (at a cheap price!). So what do we make of them. Do they help? do they hinder? Do we like using them? or, is it risky to use them? There are now practical questions we ponder with as Github Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Intellij AI Assistant and others are accessible at the click of a button!

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