Does the "fine-tuning" also happen on-premise or do you need to access the Code?
Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
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Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#62This is definitely the case in our company:
"Many large companies can’t use products like GitHub Copilot because of the security and privacy risks, so we’re building a self-hosted version that’s fine tuned to the company’s codebase."
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#63This is definitely the case in our company: "Many large companies can’t use products like GitHub Copilot because of the security and privacy risks, so we’re building a self-hosted version that’s fine tuned to the company’s codebase."
They'll change their tune when they get beaten by more permissive competitors
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#64So if Microsoft/Github ever offers an on-prem version, what will be the advantage of using your product?
Another thing is that since Microsoft/Github are working with OpenAI's closed source Codex model, we think it's unlikely they'll offer something on-prem anytime soon since they would have to reveal the model weights, and thus risk a leak (ex. Meta's LLaMA model weights got leaked within a week)
Models can be watermarked. A sufficiently tight licence and most decent companies won't risk disclosing them.
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#65Congrats on the launch. This seems very compelling. For anyone asking "Why can't GitHub just do this?", (1) never underestimate an extremely smart and motivated team, and (2) competition is critical and valuable. Let's celebrate when teams build products to fill big needs, instead of dismissing things because of a potential threat from a big company. If we dismiss new things, then we'll just end up in a world where b…
True, but it's a bold move taking on the market leader with only a weak differentiator they could compete against over night.
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#66Not to be confused with the software development book by the same name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Complete
Taking that name would not fly under trademark rules, but fortunately books are copyrighted. But then again it's published by Microsoft Press - the publishing arm of your biggest competitor.
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#67Not to be confused with the software development book by the same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Complete Taking that name would not fly under trademark rules, but fortunately books are copyrighted. But then again it's published by Microsoft Press - the publishing arm of your biggest competitor.
It is still early enough to do a cool rebranding. Something more distinctive and non-obvious on the first association but on second.
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#68> Trained only on permissively-licensed repos to avoid legal risks
Nice.
Slightly unrelated, but are there any languages that use mostly non-permissive licenses that might have gimped your dataset for that language?
Re: Launch HN: CodeComplete (YC W23) – Copilot for Enterprise
#69Always astonishes me how negative hacker news can be whenever people try to launch stuff. This is cool!
When I read these threads I mentally prepend "this is neat" to all comments. Perhaps I'm too optimistic, but I think nearly any engagement with a new startup or idea is appreciation on some level.
A web extension to do this automatically would be the hero no one wanted, but the one we deserved.