GitLab engineer: How I improved my onboarding experience with AI

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This post details a new engineer's experience using GitLab Duo during their onboarding process. It highlights specific use cases for AI assistance in exploring documentation across multiple sources (handbook, internal handbook, GitLab Docs), identifying edge cases and dependencies for issues, and refining solutions based on GitLab best practices. It also describes using Duo for pre-submission code review of merge requests to catch mistakes and understand reviewer feedback, and for debugging failing pipeline jobs by analyzing logs and applying changes. The post emphasizes how these AI capabilities align with GitLab's CREDIT values and the importance of cautious AI usage.