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Re:GitHub Copilot is generally available on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:35PM (#31828819)
I've been using Copilot for almost 10 months, useful when learning new code but after a while become a bit more advanced auto complete.

I think it is good for short lines, repeating tasks; for example when writing tests and want to assert different fields, assert string, int, etc; for these sort of lines was really good and fast.

my main problems: 1. sometimes make a horrible mistake, takes couple of minutes to understand 2. repeat the same mistake over and over 3. adding a single tab take a bit of time, had to copy & paste tab to avoid copilot suggestion!

Thanks for suggestion, played with CDK a little while back, much better than others.

What I'm looking for is some sort of advanced, battle testes designs or patterns. for example found iam role permission boundary.

Ask HN: What are your go-to tools/books/blogs for cloud?

I'm looking for some practical, reusable cloud solutions. I'm a backend developer; however, sometimes, I have to create a new service using AWS services. Terraform is good in general.My main problem is I sometimes miss a small detail which causes a production issue. It happened 2-3 times in the past few years.Is there any good tool or practical book/blog to help me? I found a couple of...

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Re:Ask HN: Pivoting Careers, How? on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:39AM (#23560100)
I’m in a very similar situation, and recently have been laid off. My plan is to find an open source project which is aligned with what I am looking for. My main problems are staying focused in one area and mastering it.