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Re:Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to u... by sametmax on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:06PM (#35574758)
If it's not open source, it's not free enough to make a difference.
Re:Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to u... by DANmode on Friday April 14, 2023 @07:03PM (#35575984)
Which open source and/or local models have you tested?
Re:Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to u... by g42gregory on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:46PM (#35575835)
I wonder, How well does it work and can it be integrated with JetBrains tools?
Re:Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to u... by rufius on Friday April 14, 2023 @07:32PM (#35576173)
Played with it a bit. As others have noted - Copilot definitely has a leg up and isn't all that expensive. Copilot supports more languages, it seems to do better with prompting based on comments IME.

I'm sure Amazon's offering will get better, but I don't really see much reason to move for now.

Re:Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to u... by critismAccepted on Friday April 14, 2023 @09:10PM (#35576738)
What do you think is the business strategy to go head to head in this market?
Re:Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to u... by andromeduck on Saturday April 15, 2023 @09:25AM (#35580433)
More users = more data --> winner takes most