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Is GitHub Copilot still relevant in the enterprise?

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Re: Is GitHub Copilot still relevant in the enterprise?

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Post by lbreakjai »

Atotalnoob wrote: post #14
kken wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Skill issue There is actually Claude code integrated into gh copilot. You can also access opus 4.6 and codex 5.3 in it, which work pretty well in agentic mode.

No, those are the models. They are NOT the same as Claude code/codex. GitHub copilot agent mode is quite bad, and advanced premium models like opus4.6/codex 5.3 are making it barely usable. Claude code and codex are night and day comparatively. Additionally, GitHub copilot admins can enable/disable models. Each model has different ToS, so perhaps their admin has not turned it on. I would suggest you not immediately i…

Copliot is quite bad out of the box, but it does work with opencode, which I found to be as good a harness as claude code, and a better tool overall.

Re: Is GitHub Copilot still relevant in the enterprise?

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Post by muzani »

al_borland wrote: post #6

GitHub Copilot is the only AI we’re allowed to use where I work. I don’t use it heavily. I had to turn off the auto-suggestions, because they were almost always wrong, and the hijack the tab key, which makes writing my hand painful (having to hit escape before every tab). I tried looking for a way to change the keybinding a year ago, but it didn’t seem possible. I will occasionally use the Ask sidebar to see if it gi…

Yeah, this is exactly why you see all these surveys saying that AI hasn't given any increase in productivity. Especially when GitHub Copilot is still the #1 AI coding tool.

People were sold a spoon, get a spork, and end up eating with their hands.

Re: Is GitHub Copilot still relevant in the enterprise?

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Post by [deleted] »

lbreakjai wrote: post #21
Atotalnoob wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, those are the models. They are NOT the same as Claude code/codex. GitHub copilot agent mode is quite bad, and advanced premium models like opus4.6/codex 5.3 are making it barely usable. Claude code and codex are night and day comparatively. Additionally, GitHub copilot admins can enable/disable models. Each model has different ToS, so perhaps their admin has not turned it on. I would suggest you not immediately i…

Copliot is quite bad out of the box, but it does work with opencode, which I found to be as good a harness as claude code, and a better tool overall.

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Re: Is GitHub Copilot still relevant in the enterprise?

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Post by CodeBit26 »

Copilot is definitely still relevant, but the "honeymoon phase" where we just accepted every suggestion is over. In an enterprise setting, it’s becoming more of a boilerplate killer than a logic generator. The real value now is how these tools integrate with existing libraries. If you're not deeply familiar with the core stack (like the Python/AI libraries we use daily), Copilot can actually lead you into some pretty expensive technical debt. I did a deep dive on why Python’s dominance in AI is what actually makes these tools useful in the first place: https://codebit-daily.hashnode.dev/why-python-is-still-the-k...

Re: Is GitHub Copilot still relevant in the enterprise?

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Post by aytigra »

ackdesha wrote: post #8

I currently prefer GitHub Copilot Pro to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and OpenCode for my current role and codebase . Staff Engineer in a midsized professional engineering organization. Using Agent mode with latest OpenAI and Anthropic models. Backend TypeScript maintaining established codebases. Not being constrained by management. It’s not a perfect tool but it has advanced significantly since early releases.

> it has advanced significantly since early releases

I have used Claude Code past few weeks and honestly can't tell if it is any better, or does anything different than Copilot in agent mode with same models.

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