> "it's impossible to run on every keystroke"
Maybe not every keystroke, but certainly every time I press enter or shift. It feels like its live and instant. Dont think that a higher frequency makes sense.
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#62Impressed by the completion speed. It really changes everything... again. Do you have plans to add a chat feature and IntelliJ plugin?
Glad to hear it. We'll add an IntelliJ plugin next week. We may add a chat feature if we can make one good enough that we're happy with the quality.
A chat plugin for VS Code will be a game changer.
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#64How do you guarantee you will not add GPL or similarly licensed code to my proprietary codebase? Microsoft committed to defending its customers from claims arising from CoPilot output [0]. Would you be confident enough to do likewise? [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/news/Microsoft-Cop...
GitHub Copilot also automatically flags generated code that’s too similar to existing code out there.
Obfuscation tools does that too. It doesn't changes the fact that generated code is based on other people copyrighted code. M$ doesn't use their own code in the training of ChatGPT, but steals other people copyrighted work instead.
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#65>While a model like GPT-4 offers unmatched suggestion quality, it's impossible to run on every keystroke (unless you charge users $1,000/month) Still alot less than the average SWE salary and this cost will go down over time. Anyway, jokes aside, I usually don't use copilot tools in my IDEs. I have zero difficulty with coding itself. I would not enable one unless i'm trying to learn a new language or something. I can…
I have the total opposite experience. Give it to a junior and they churn out code riddled with subtle bugs and maybe it hampers their learning.
For more experienced developers it significantly reduces typing time, in my experience. So often I’ll simply write the function name only then scan the suggested output and accept, saving minutes and reducing RSI.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
>"when users browse for apps, it’s usually when their need for sth that solves the problem is relatively high. Which means you have a much higher chance of converting that user right now during onboarding than anytime later in the lifecycle of your app." I can't argue with this in general as I do not have the statistics. Personally however I just never give CC info unless I tried the thing and found out that it does…
So do you just end up with a lot of unsolved problems? I get the principal, but does it end up hurting you in practice? Or do you end up solving the problem with a free tool? If so, I guess the product wasn’t really needed.
And/or the problem is minor enough to not be worth the costs of subscription - costs that include not just the sticker monthly price, but also cognitive space taken by unnecessary, unwanted, forced ongoing relationship with a random third party, and all the value-add/upsell bullshit on top. Couple that with relatively low trust that a random app is not trying to scam you somehow...
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#67- No details at all on the official extension page in VSCode - I bite the bullet and try anyway - No immediate confirmation after setup - Only one configuration option (log file path) - After I start typing into a buffer, the onboarding notification requires sign-in - Sure, why not - "Link to IDE?" - heck yeah, let's finally go - Sign up for a trial - um... - Requires a CC for a 30-day free trial Respectfully, this i…
I have a card with $0 on it for this purpose. Services count on you forgetting to cancel instead of you liking the product per se. If I like it I change the card, but most products I don’t so they bounce. Works well.
Aren't most payment systems making a $1 or $0.1 block/charge to confirm the card is real and has non-zero balance? At least that is my experience as an European user, whenever I try to subscribe to anything that came out of the US.
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#68I signed up for the free trial and downloaded the extension. All I'm getting is a blank command prompt window "sm-agent.exe" that opens when I open VS code. So yeh, it's just not working for me at all. Tried opening VS Code as admin and no difference. Any suggestions?
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Wow, that’s the same experience that I havr trying to use any app on the iOS App Store. Download, use one basic feature, use a second feature? Nope sign up first. Ok, signed up. Ok now? Nope, that feature requires a subscription. It is very sneaky because the app does not need to show in-app purchase on the App Store info. I have given up on Apps now because of this.
App developer here. Sadly, it’s what works. Put differently: when users browse for apps, it’s usually when their need for sth that solves the problem is relatively high. Which means you have a much higher chance of converting that user right now during onboarding than anytime later in the lifecycle of your app. I wish Apple properly displayed prices though instead of this sneaky vague “contains in-app purchases” text…
I uninstall so many apps like this. I would rather pay $2 up front.
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It’s a matter of speed and delivery.
Speed and delivery of what, though? The religion of speed is blinding people to (what I thought was) the obvious trap of these tools: encouraging the incorporation of code the author likely doesn't understand into complex systems and just "trusting the robot is right." For an experienced developer this may be about productivity, but 100M ARR at Copilot tells me we've got novices yeeting whatever code the LLM gives th…
I'm not mad. The shitification of new developers just gives more edge to small software companies who can be more productive. If you're smart and use these tools for genuine advantage it seems you only stand to benefit from this dichotomy.