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Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by norman784 »

mike_hearn wrote: post #71
ren_engineer wrote: post #13

Microsoft really seems to have wrapped up the developer ecosystem with VS Code and the Github acquisition combined with OpenAI. They are going to have an absurd amount of data to optimize their models thanks to that, not sure how other AI focused companies can overcome that have to wonder at what point developers remember how anti-developer Microsoft used to be and potentially move away from their ecosystem. Credit t…

I hope that Copilot X will be brought to other IDEs as well, not just Visual Studio [Code].

Seems that you didn't bother checked their site before commenting. Check it out here[0], but TLDR: they have VS, VS code, Jetbrains and NeoVim logos in there.

[0] https://github.com/features/preview/copilot-x

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by mistrial9 »

passion__desire wrote: post #144
gonehome wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft is a so well positioned on this I think Silicon Valley has forgotten what it looks like when they don’t have a horrible CEO. When Microsoft executes well, they’re a scary force. They were exceptional under Gates and it looks like they are again. There’s a massive paradigm shift we’re just at the beginning of and Microsoft has been putting pieces in place for the last couple of years. Nadella has really turn…

As a young developer, I always wondered why Google didn't buy Java from Sun. Wouldn't it be a strategic buy?

google is literally the next generation Sun, many of the same people were involved.. the Sun Micro company was scrapped for (valuable) parts, with a lot of internal competitive moments

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by RivieraKid »

I admit that I'm anxious about the possibility that AI will drive down demand for developer jobs. My base case is that it won't have a meaningful negative impact, but it's possible that it will, so it's unpleasant to have this uncertainty about the future and to see the technology develop very rapidly with big news coming almost every day - which I would be normally extatic about.

I've been on a path to financial independence (= saving and investing) but still need ~9 years to be able to safely retire. I slightly envy people with US-based FAANG jobs, where achieving financial independence seems like a breeze.

This also adds fuel to my desire to start a side project.

What are your thought on this? Are you preparing in any way financially?

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by airstrike »

passion__desire wrote: post #144
gonehome wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft is a so well positioned on this I think Silicon Valley has forgotten what it looks like when they don’t have a horrible CEO. When Microsoft executes well, they’re a scary force. They were exceptional under Gates and it looks like they are again. There’s a massive paradigm shift we’re just at the beginning of and Microsoft has been putting pieces in place for the last couple of years. Nadella has really turn…

As a young developer, I always wondered why Google didn't buy Java from Sun. Wouldn't it be a strategic buy?

Not sure what to make of that, but I'm just glad we don't live in a world in which Google + Java is the winning horse

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by highwaylights »

mike_hearn wrote: post #71
ren_engineer wrote: post #13

Microsoft really seems to have wrapped up the developer ecosystem with VS Code and the Github acquisition combined with OpenAI. They are going to have an absurd amount of data to optimize their models thanks to that, not sure how other AI focused companies can overcome that have to wonder at what point developers remember how anti-developer Microsoft used to be and potentially move away from their ecosystem. Credit t…

I hope that Copilot X will be brought to other IDEs as well, not just Visual Studio [Code].

They've already committed to bringing it to other platforms where Copilot is currently (JetBrains IDE's for example).

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by cidergal »

hu3 wrote: post #130

Scary. For the first time in my life, I feel like my expertise is at risk of being rendered obsolete. Maybe not this year, but the writing is on the wall. Soon coding without an AI will feel as antiquated as delivering food by horse. And resistance is futile because markets will punish those who refuse. We'll probably need less and less developers as AI advance. Just like we need less manual labor in farms today. And…

There is something to say about how we will not push UBI until automation comes for our job.

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by drdrek »

I would love to hear from other people here but I tried it for a while and dropped my subscription. For short things it was nice, but the larger the suggestion the worst it got. I found myself constantly mentally debugging the output it suggested, I do not know if it was faster but I was mentally exhausted by it, unable to go for long periods of time. Dumb code completion is predictable, I know I'll need to press down three times before its even shown to me, enabling me to think forward. With "smart" code completion I need to constantly stop my train of thought to process what ever it throws at me. I even tried to just trust the system, playing it fast and loose, not double checking everything, but then it just produced bugs.

I'm developer with 16 years of experience, currently working mainly with python for API work.

I'd love to hear accounts of other people, please add your background if you feel comfortable. I want to see if there is some correlation to experience, programming languages or use cases.

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by manicennui »

digdugdirk wrote: post #15

With increases in productivity from systems like this, and a guaranteed bottom line improvement from cutting labor and running leaner teams, has anyone here heard of any large corporations using LLM's as an excuse for headcount reduction yet? In all honesty, I wouldn't be surprised if this has already played a large behind the scenes role in the layoffs at Google/Microsoft.

If your job is nothing but writing the kind of boilerplate code that Copilot gets somewhat right, you probably should lose your job.

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by gzer0 »

There are 5 different sign-up waiting lists. Each one needs to be signed-up for separately.

[1] Copilot X: https://github.com/github-copilot/chat_waitlist_signup/

[2] Copilot Voice: https://githubnext.com/projects/copilot-voice/

[3] Copilot Docs: https://githubnext.com/projects/copilot-for-docs/

[4] Copilot for PRs: https://githubnext.com/projects/copilot-for-pull-requests/

[5] Copilot CLI: https://githubnext.com/projects/copilot-cli/

Re: GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview

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Post by airstrike »

wseqyrku wrote: post #154
tarruda wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you use copilot integrated in the editor, does microsoft collect all source code data on your project or only context used to perform the completions?

Same is true if you use `git push` in which case all the code is transferred through the wire and is collected by GitHub which may or may not be desirable.

git != GitHub
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