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I wish there was some kind of extension to run this thing locally on GPU, Deep TabNine is 2 years old now and still nothing tries to compete with it despite it

by terafo 5y ago

I wish there was some kind of extension to run this thing locally on GPU, Deep TabNine is 2 years old now and still nothing tries to compete with it despite it using smallest possible gpt2 with cpu inference.

bredren 5y ago
I’m also surprised at the lack of competition. I’ve been using Tabnine since last summer. Tabnine was so compelling I posted here not long after using it that AI-based code completion was being slept on, because it was obviously so much better than what the IDE could do. [1] I pointed out that Microsoft was uniquely positioned to offer superior code completion services due to its fire-hose access to new code on GitHub. Interestingly, the top reply from ptx was their “hope we'll also see a strong counter-movement of simple tools for independent developers.” Which is just what Code Clippy seems to attempt. I continue to think AI-based code completion and AI assisted code quality recommendation services will be the differentiator as so much of IDE features are commoditized. The big missing party in my view is Apple with Xcode. Not only do I think Xcode needs it’s own local-capable AI code completion, I think Apple needs a semi-social GitHub-like repository service of its own to help feed this AI. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074393
- IceWreck 5y ago
  > I think Apple needs a semi-social GitHub-like repository service of its own to help feed this AI. Why? Can't they lift code off github, gitlab, etc ? I don't remember giving Microsoft permission to use my code to train Copilot. They did it because it was public. Apple can always clone all public repos and do it themselves.
  - bredren 5y ago
    I think in order to provide a cohesive, cloud-assisted developer experience they must integrate all the way to the code. Also, there will likely be Apple service secrets stored alongside that, and Apple will want to be the ones responsible for protecting those. For example, GitHub Actions like workflows on top of iOS projects

by terafo 5y ago

bredren 5y ago

I’m also surprised at the lack of competition. I’ve been using Tabnine since last summer. Tabnine was so compelling I posted here not long after using it that AI-based code completion was being slept on, because it was obviously so much better than what the IDE could do. [1] I pointed out that Microsoft was uniquely positioned to offer superior code completion services due to its fire-hose access to new code on GitHub. Interestingly, the top reply from ptx was their “hope we'll also see a strong counter-movement of simple tools for independent developers.” Which is just what Code Clippy seems to attempt. I continue to think AI-based code completion and AI assisted code quality recommendation services will be the differentiator as so much of IDE features are commoditized. The big missing party in my view is Apple with Xcode. Not only do I think Xcode needs it’s own local-capable AI code completion, I think Apple needs a semi-social GitHub-like repository service of its own to help feed this AI. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074393

IceWreck 5y ago
> I think Apple needs a semi-social GitHub-like repository service of its own to help feed this AI. Why? Can't they lift code off github, gitlab, etc ? I don't remember giving Microsoft permission to use my code to train Copilot. They did it because it was public. Apple can always clone all public repos and do it themselves.
- bredren 5y ago
  I think in order to provide a cohesive, cloud-assisted developer experience they must integrate all the way to the code. Also, there will likely be Apple service secrets stored alongside that, and Apple will want to be the ones responsible for protecting those. For example, GitHub Actions like workflows on top of iOS projects