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Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by premun on Sunday November 20, 2022 @05:38PM (#33686249)
It is amazing for typing out mock data. Say you're testing parsing of XML - it can easily suggest the the assertions over the data parsed from the XML. Example test that was 95% coming out of Copilot: https://github.com/dotnet/arcade-services/blob/61babf31dc63c...

It also predicts comments and logging messages amazingly well (you type "logger." add 7/10 times get what you want, sometimes even better), incorporating variables from the context around. This speeds up the tedious parts of programming when you are finalizing the code (adding docs + tracing).

Honestly, Copilot saves me so much time every week while turning chores into a really fun time.

Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by trip-zip on Sunday November 20, 2022 @06:22PM (#33686634)
I honestly thought I'd never use copilot, but when I need to write something to interface with XML via a SOAP API, boy copilot is my best friend...
Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by JustLurking2022 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @06:23PM (#33686643)
That code is wretched... Why have serializer logic embedded in a data object, especially when .NET provides generic discrete serializers?
Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by jackcviers3 on Monday November 21, 2022 @02:50AM (#33689974)
Yeah, tabnine kills it at the data entry parts of test dev as well for sure.