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What's your estimate of the productivity boost expressed as a percentage? I.e. if it takes you 100 hours to complete a project without Copilot, how many hours w

What's your estimate of the productivity boost expressed as a percentage? I.e. if it takes you 100 hours to complete a project without Copilot, how many hours will it be with Copilot?

read_if_gay_ 5y ago
I tried TabNine and it wasn’t a huge improvement because what costs the most time isn’t typing stuff but thinking about what to type.
the_arun 5y ago
In addition, I would like to see GitHub reviewing my code & giving me suggestions on how I could improve. That will be more educative & a tool to ensure consistency across code.
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
  I'm surprised this doesn't exist. Google, FB, and Apple (and I imagine Microsoft) have a lot of this stuff built in that is light-years better than any open source solution I'm aware of. Given that MS owns GitHub and how valuable this is - I imagine it will be coming soon.
  - kyawzazaw 5y ago
    SonarQube and IntelliJ does it in some way for me.
    - tomnipotent 5y ago
      +1 for SonarQube. Very easy way to add value to a project without a lot of overhead.
fzaninotto 5y ago
I'm not sure I spend less time actually coding stuff (because I have to review the Copilot code). But the cost of the code I write is definitely reduced, because: - the review from my peers is faster (the code is more correct) - I come back less to the code (because I have thought about all the corner cases when checking the copilot code) - As I care more about naming & inline docs (it helps copilot), the code is actually cheaper to maintain.
- fzaninotto 5y ago
  Check out how it helped me write a React component: https://twitter.com/francoisz/status/1409919670803742734 https://twitter.com/francoisz/status/1409919670803742734 I think hit the Tab key more than I hit any other key ;)
  - ganzuul 5y ago
    I can't see anything due to the variable bitrate.
staticassertion 5y ago
Having been a TabNine user for a while I can say that it's less of a productivity boost and more of a quality of life win. It's hard to measure - not because it's small, but because it's lots of tiny wins, or wins at just the right moment. It makes me happy, and that's why I pay for it - the fact that it's probably also saving me some time is second to the fact that it saves me from annoying interrupts.

What's your estimate of the productivity boost expressed as a percentage? I.e. if it takes you 100 hours to complete a project without Copilot, how many hours will it be with Copilot?

read_if_gay_ 5y ago

I tried TabNine and it wasn’t a huge improvement because what costs the most time isn’t typing stuff but thinking about what to type.

the_arun 5y ago

In addition, I would like to see GitHub reviewing my code & giving me suggestions on how I could improve. That will be more educative & a tool to ensure consistency across code.

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
I'm surprised this doesn't exist. Google, FB, and Apple (and I imagine Microsoft) have a lot of this stuff built in that is light-years better than any open source solution I'm aware of. Given that MS owns GitHub and how valuable this is - I imagine it will be coming soon.
- kyawzazaw 5y ago
  SonarQube and IntelliJ does it in some way for me.
  - tomnipotent 5y ago
    +1 for SonarQube. Very easy way to add value to a project without a lot of overhead.

fzaninotto 5y ago

I'm not sure I spend less time actually coding stuff (because I have to review the Copilot code). But the cost of the code I write is definitely reduced, because: - the review from my peers is faster (the code is more correct) - I come back less to the code (because I have thought about all the corner cases when checking the copilot code) - As I care more about naming & inline docs (it helps copilot), the code is actually cheaper to maintain.

fzaninotto 5y ago
Check out how it helped me write a React component: https://twitter.com/francoisz/status/1409919670803742734 https://twitter.com/francoisz/status/1409919670803742734 I think hit the Tab key more than I hit any other key ;)
- ganzuul 5y ago
  I can't see anything due to the variable bitrate.

staticassertion 5y ago

Having been a TabNine user for a while I can say that it's less of a productivity boost and more of a quality of life win. It's hard to measure - not because it's small, but because it's lots of tiny wins, or wins at just the right moment. It makes me happy, and that's why I pay for it - the fact that it's probably also saving me some time is second to the fact that it saves me from annoying interrupts.