I find I use copilot.microsoft.com far more than GitHub copilot. I find I have better "conversations" with the Microsoft site and it can handle and critique any code I put in too
On Wed, 31 July 2024, 3:14 pm Nathan Schultz via ozdotnet, < ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > My Copilot trial is expiring today, and I'm still wondering whether I > should continue it. > It's ... ok. Most of the time it saves me some keystrokes. I needed > a Levenshtein Distance function the other day and it was decent - only > required a small tidy up. Only a few times have I been wondering what it's > thinking. Much better than the early days with ChatGPT. > One annoying thing since installing it is when dealing with long method > signatures, intellisense is no longer telling me which parameter I'm up to. > Probably something in the configuration somewhere for that. > > I was listening to a PodCast about the future of Copilot, and I think it's > going to get far more interesting (useful) in the future. > They recognize that coding is a small minority of what we do. I know some > people say they spend 40% coding, but for myself it's probably closer to > 10%. > What they're working towards (i.e. are currently dog-fooding themselves), > is being able to give it requirements. It will look through the code-base, > and create "slots" with suggestions on how it would implement it, which you > can accept/reject or change. > I'm currently working on a legacy ERP system with many years worth of > "bandaids" (most of which were well before my time). And understanding the > code-base takes more time than making the change itself. So this would > actually move the needle on overall productivity. > > Nathan. > > > On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 13:57, Tony McGee via ozdotnet < > ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > >> >> Copilot definitely isn't a magic 'do my job' button, and likely won't >> ever be, or that job would simply no longer exist. >> >> It does take care of a lot of the busy work though, and isn't just for >> Intellisense like code suggestions - you can happily converse with it in >> the chat window about high level topics and refine the context >> incrementally, generate boilerplate json/bicep/scripts from a few lines of >> prose, or highlight a non-trivial block of existing code and ask it to >> explain/summarise or find issues. >> >> While it's not HAL 9000 I reckon it comes pretty close, and quite >> importantly hasn't tried to murder me (yet). >> >> Before my trial I was skeptical about how much value it would provide, >> but was pleasantly surprised enough to hand over 15 dollarydoos each month. >> 😎 >> >> cheers, >> Tony >> >> On 30/07/2024 08:06, Greg Keogh via ozdotnet wrote: >> >> When I first saw the movie *2001: A Space Odyssey* in 1969 I was >> fascinated by HAL (I was clearly destined to work in IT!), and now 55 years >> later I'd like to be able to sit down with HAL and explain some complex >> business requirement to him, converse like professionals and weigh-up the >> pros and cons of different platforms and languages based upon his world of >> experience and get him to code like a 1000x developer and generate a >> complete working skeleton of the required product. When will I see that? >> I'm a bit disappointed so far. >> >> Oh well, back to coding with my Copilot buddy. >> >> *Greg K* >> >> >> -- >> ozdotnet mailing list >> To manage your subscription, access archives: >> https://codify.mailman3.com/ > > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/
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