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Re:GitHub Copilot by RivieraKid on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:01PM (#27677810)
What's your estimate of the productivity boost expressed as a percentage? I.e. if it takes you 100 hours to complete a project without Copilot, how many hours will it be with Copilot?
Re:GitHub Copilot by fzaninotto on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:27PM (#27678155)
I'm not sure I spend less time actually coding stuff (because I have to review the Copilot code). But the cost of the code I write is definitely reduced, because:

- the review from my peers is faster (the code is more correct) - I come back less to the code (because I have thought about all the corner cases when checking the copilot code) - As I care more about naming & inline docs (it helps copilot), the code is actually cheaper to maintain.

Re:GitHub Copilot by fzaninotto on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @01:08PM (#27678734)
Check out how it helped me write a React component: https://twitter.com/francoisz/status/1409919670803742734

I think hit the Tab key more than I hit any other key ;)

Re:GitHub Copilot by ganzuul on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:34PM (#27690561)
I can't see anything due to the variable bitrate.
Re:GitHub Copilot by staticassertion on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @01:02PM (#27678656)
Having been a TabNine user for a while I can say that it's less of a productivity boost and more of a quality of life win. It's hard to measure - not because it's small, but because it's lots of tiny wins, or wins at just the right moment. It makes me happy, and that's why I pay for it - the fact that it's probably also saving me some time is second to the fact that it saves me from annoying interrupts.
Re:GitHub Copilot by the_arun on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:23PM (#27678113)
In addition, I would like to see GitHub reviewing my code & giving me suggestions on how I could improve. That will be more educative & a tool to ensure consistency across code.
Re:GitHub Copilot by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:29PM (#27678184)
I'm surprised this doesn't exist. Google, FB, and Apple (and I imagine Microsoft) have a lot of this stuff built in that is light-years better than any open source solution I'm aware of.

Given that MS owns GitHub and how valuable this is - I imagine it will be coming soon.

Re:GitHub Copilot by kyawzazaw on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @04:25PM (#27681269)
SonarQube and IntelliJ does it in some way for me.
Re:GitHub Copilot by tomnipotent on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:58PM (#27682294)
+1 for SonarQube. Very easy way to add value to a project without a lot of overhead.
Re:GitHub Copilot by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:20PM (#27678060)
I tried TabNine and it wasn’t a huge improvement because what costs the most time isn’t typing stuff but thinking about what to type.