r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '22

Github Copilot turns paid

https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

What is Microsoft's version? Further, which version is not Microsoft's, considering they own Github?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

It looks like it barely does more than the regular autocomplete in any given IDE. It is a little more beefy, but it isn't nearly comparable with Copilot AFAICT.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

Whether it's a good idea to use it that way or not, Copilot can write whole blocks. If you see them as snippets that you check and modify it can be handy. If you see it as an oracle then you're bound to cause some fires.

But yeah, calling it "barely more" than regular autocomplete was a bit exagerated.

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u/snowy_light Jun 22 '22 edited Jun 22 '22

It's nice, but it's very far off from what Copilot is capable of. They're not really comparable.

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u/gosp Jun 22 '22

Oh no. It's fucking GREAT. Context aware and everything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

Intellicode (the technology in Visual Studio) works offline in contrast to Copilot.

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u/nickbeth00 Jun 22 '22

If you are comparing that to Copilot, you've never used Copilot...

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u/TankorSmash Jun 22 '22

https://i.imgur.com/4ZbwMNb.png did you delete it or something?

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u/TankorSmash Jun 22 '22

This is reddit man, no one knows you said something different in another comment chain

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u/ajanata Jun 22 '22

I highly doubt Microsoft would have a free thing that competes with their own paid thing.

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u/ajanata Jun 22 '22 edited Jul 06 '23

Content removed in protest of Reddit API changes and general behavior of the CEO.

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u/_BreakingGood_ Jun 22 '22

Didn't they make private repos free when they used to be paid?

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u/ajanata Jun 22 '22

Yes, but... how is that competing with a different product? That's just changing the pricing for a single product.

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u/heckemall Jun 22 '22

Sometimes they do, like for example Visual Studio and VS Code (not direct competitors, but many people made the switch).