Lots of $10/mo is too much/great deal discussions here. Wonder if anyone would pay $30/mo for this?
GitHub Copilot for individuals available without waitlist, with free trial
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#92My biggest issue with Copilot (and the reason I don't really use it anymore) is that it got in the way much more than it seemed to help. I work with Typescript codebases and in VSCode, you get very nice intellisense autocompletion on objects. What I found is that with Copilot that totally breaks down where Copilot will override intellisense and provide you with a hint. I found it fun to play with for smaller projects…
Does VS Code not show the two sets in different interface elements? In Jetbrains Rider is shows suggestions (completion) in a dropdown, and it shows Copilot inline. And you press a different key for each.
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#93Pay to train your replacement
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
If law - the human language equivalent of programming - hasn’t gotten simpler in past thousands of years as new abstractions and complications have arisen, I hold no hope for programming.
Law is opposed to these sorts of changes due to the business model of the law firm. In the law firm world billable hours are king. Automation reduces billable hours. No law firm wants to do that.
I think this really depends on what kind of firm you're talking about. You could make the same case for contractors i.e. "billable hours are king". Take the example where you need to paint a house. You could hire someone off the street who does it with a paintbrush and rollers or hire a pro with a sprayer and prep knowledge to do it in 1/4 the time and with 10x the quality.
In this context automation could be a tool that a law firm uses to enhance the quality of their product. Personally, I would pay more for a tech-savvy law firm that embraces automation, not less.
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#95I was pairing with a coworker recently who had co-pilot turned on. They were driving and I was walking them through something and I was kind of mind blown at how many times co-pilot seemed to suggest exactly what I was going to say. Some of the variable names were off and minor stuff like that but it definitely seemed like it knew when I was trying to do. I haven't turned it on yet personally but I was very impressed.
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#96Have been using Copilot in the beta and it's just been amazing. I can't remember how many times my jaw has literally dropped as it knows what I'm trying to do, or yelled "Holy sh*t!" as it feels like it's reading my mind. That said, was highly disappointed with the switch to non-free. Maybe they never did say it would remain free, but they certainly didn't advertise it wouldn't be later. I feel bait-and-switched. Yes…
Not really, $10 is reasonable even if you’re a hobbyist who never expects to generate any revenue.
Have you ever thought that hobbyists exists outside US and Europe?
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, that’s the hope. Putting together well-solved combinations of computer functionality ought to become less-skilled work as technology progresses.
If law - the human language equivalent of programming - hasn’t gotten simpler in past thousands of years as new abstractions and complications have arisen, I hold no hope for programming.
Law is different in most places because the “execution model” isn’t intended to be a process, but is instead a mediated dispute.
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#98Duplicate of this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31825742
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've seen many many scripts that ignore STDERR and just print everything normally.
Yes, but that's a perfect illustration for one of copilot's essential flaws: "a lot of flies eat poop" (side note: is that actually a saying? Asking because in German it is, and it fits perfectly here). A lot of code is of mediocre quality. An ML service that learns from huge amounts of code without an ability to tell "good" code from "bad" code will only ever be able to produce mediocre code, at best.
> side note: is that actually a saying?
I've never heard it before but i'll be using it now :)
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really, $10 is reasonable even if you’re a hobbyist who never expects to generate any revenue.
Have you ever thought that hobbyists exists outside US and Europe?
I live in Iran, one of the worst economics of the world. 10$ is 4 meals and it's still worth it imho.