GitHub Copilot
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Re: GitHub Copilot
#2Not to be confused with AWS Copilot - which has been an area of focus for the AWS container services team: https://aws.github.io/copilot-cli/
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#3I'd like to see something like that, but with knowledge about every single file in the codebase, and running locally.
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#4I suppose this is a whole new argument in favor of good code commenting - to train/share context with your future tooling.
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#5IMO a potentially more interesting application of this technology would be a learning system that is able to learn your coding style. You give it access to the codebase and it reformats all files on save according to your likings, perfectly.
Obviously a program that is able to write actual great code reliably would be spectacular, but we aren't there yet, I don't think Copilot presently is able to make me meaningfully more productive.
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#6From Clippy to this technology, in just under 25 years! Very impressive. I wonder how much impact this tool might have as a teaching aid, as well?
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#7I'd like to see something like that, but with knowledge about every single file in the codebase, and running locally.
Yeah, running locally would be my preference. I get "Antitrust (2001)" vibes from this, but that's the tinfoil hat side of me.
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#8Should I be impressed that the example parse_expenses.py on the home page doesnt include any error handling and uses a float for currency? This seems like it's going to revolutionize copy and paste programming.
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#9Four years later: your AI replacement? When do you all predict something like this will happen?
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