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Typescript, JavaScript, php, bash, scss/css... And isn't every dev on SO or at least a search engine with some frequency?
I don't actually think the reason I like it is dependent on the language at all. The reason I like it is that it will often basically notice what I'm doing and save me from typing a repetitive 3-5 line block. Things like that and if I can't remember a specific syntax, I've found that I can write a comment saying what the following code will do and boom, suddenly copilot writes a version of that code close to what I would've written.
I mean you're right that it can write stuff that doesn't work, I just find that I can usually filter that out pretty quickly. The times I can't, I'm a bit stuck anyway and it's worth a shot to try their mysterious solution. But since I always treat its solutions with skepticism I haven't been bitten yet.
For me, copilot just takes the monotony out of the job. Instead of spending as much time writing boring stuff I get to focus on the more interesting parts