Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its code.

Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by phire on Sunday November 20, 2022 @07:41PM (#33687270)

I think copilot works very well.

But I did find that I need to turn it off at certain stages when learning (or re-learning) a programming language. It's seemed counterproductive until you have a good grasp on the basic syntax of the language. But the "showing you new APIs" does seem to be a thing that actually helps.

In general, you should not be accepting code completions that you don't understand. I'm usually stricter, in that I only typically accept completions that line up with what I was planning to type anyway.

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Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by urthor on Monday November 21, 2022 @01:44AM (#33689592)

That's been my experience.

It's good for learning new packages in Python.

It's quite poor for learning a totally new set of programming language grammar.

If you're a Javascript developer of 5+ years of experience, it's probably absolutely fantastic. Not so great if you're learning a new programming language.

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