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Copilot certainly increased my productivity. At least in a very specific context - C programming and working on some small subset of llvm internals. I am not ve

Copilot certainly increased my productivity. At least in a very specific context - C programming and working on some small subset of llvm internals. I am not very experienced C or C++ programmer, nor I know anything about LLVM API. Plus - copilot is very good at autocompletions. Yes, the code it generates come out often incorrect, but even my low level expertise allows me to spot issues. And even if the code is incorrect - it gives me clues where to dig. Even such a small detail as autocompleting debug printfs is a really big time-saver for me. I also think that co-pilot vs code integration extension is big part of it. I don't think I would be as productive with chat UI alone. I wonder if there is alternative I can use with local hosted llm that can give me full block autocompletions similar to co-pilot extension. Everything I've seen so far was at best line at a time autocompletion.

bogwog 2y ago
> At least in a very specific context - C programming and working on some small subset of llvm internals. I am not very experienced C or C++ programmer, nor I know anything about LLVM API. I'm not sure what you're working on, but as someone dependent on LLVM-based tools, reading this is kind of terrifying. I'm sure your intentions are good, but I hope you're at least making it clear that you're heavily reliant on the output of Copilot when making contributions to something. C and C++ in particular are not the kind of language where someone inexperienced can be trusted to review. > Yes, the code it generates come out often incorrect, but even my low level expertise allows me to spot issues. Can you give an example of some issues? C and C++ are compiled, so there will be obvious compilation errors, but there are also a lot of "foot guns" that are not obvious and will bite you at runtime.
- hippich 2y ago
  There is a very small impact area, and yes, folks who use it, aware of co-pilot being involved :)) The thing is - I don't think I would dare to do that I've done without co-pilot in the first place. So it is a win anyway

bogwog 2y ago

> At least in a very specific context - C programming and working on some small subset of llvm internals. I am not very experienced C or C++ programmer, nor I know anything about LLVM API. I'm not sure what you're working on, but as someone dependent on LLVM-based tools, reading this is kind of terrifying. I'm sure your intentions are good, but I hope you're at least making it clear that you're heavily reliant on the output of Copilot when making contributions to something. C and C++ in particular are not the kind of language where someone inexperienced can be trusted to review. > Yes, the code it generates come out often incorrect, but even my low level expertise allows me to spot issues. Can you give an example of some issues? C and C++ are compiled, so there will be obvious compilation errors, but there are also a lot of "foot guns" that are not obvious and will bite you at runtime.

hippich 2y ago
There is a very small impact area, and yes, folks who use it, aware of co-pilot being involved :)) The thing is - I don't think I would dare to do that I've done without co-pilot in the first place. So it is a win anyway