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For old-schoolers who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks :) how is this different from using Copilot/Copilot-chat?

by divan 2y ago

iansinnott 2y ago
- copilot would only predict after the cursor, whereas Cursor predicts nearby edits, which is quite helpful - copilot-chat was just a chat sidebar last time I used it, you still had to manually apply any code suggestions. cursor will apply changes for you. It's very helpful to have a diff of what the AI wants to change. It's been a while since i've used copilot though, so copilot chat might be more advanced then i'm remembering. edit: formatting
- divan 2y ago
  Thanks! "Nearby edits" mean edits in the same file or the whole workspace? I test Copilot Workspace from time to time, it's still far from perfect, but it already can make large-scale codebase changes across multiple files in a repository. Ultimately that's what I want from an AI assistant on my machine - give a prompt and see changes in all repo, not just current file.
  - IanCal 2y ago
    > Thanks! "Nearby edits" mean edits in the same file or the whole workspace? For the autocomplete, in the same file. So proposing adding more logging when you add a few statements, changing an error check, adding something to the class def or constructor. They do have a multi-file editing thing called "composer" I think, which I used to make larger changes to an app (e.g. add a new page that lists all the X, and it creates that and the links to it in the other pages). You might also be interested in aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider for larger changes.
    - divan 2y ago
      Thanks! Yes, Aider is a good attempt. I tried it a couple of times, ran into a number of issues, but should give it another try. Integration with an editor (I use nvim) is crucial though.
- worldsayshi 2y ago
  > It's been a while since i've used copilot though, so copilot chat might be more advanced then i'm remembering. Copilot is still surprisingly basic but I've heard rumours that they are working on a version with a lot more features?
thawab 2y ago
I think it’s having an agile team focused on this. In the past it was because cursor index your code (vector search) so any question you ask the llm has context of your code. Now it’s the autocomplete feature (their own model). Next i think it will be composer (multi file edit, still in beta).
shombaboor 2y ago
keeping up with the latest code assistants is the new keeping up with the latest js frameworks.

For old-schoolers who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks :) how is this different from using Copilot/Copilot-chat?

by divan 2y ago

For old-schoolers who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks :) how is this different from using Copilot/Copilot-chat?

iansinnott 2y ago

- copilot would only predict after the cursor, whereas Cursor predicts nearby edits, which is quite helpful - copilot-chat was just a chat sidebar last time I used it, you still had to manually apply any code suggestions. cursor will apply changes for you. It's very helpful to have a diff of what the AI wants to change. It's been a while since i've used copilot though, so copilot chat might be more advanced then i'm remembering. edit: formatting

divan 2y ago
Thanks! "Nearby edits" mean edits in the same file or the whole workspace? I test Copilot Workspace from time to time, it's still far from perfect, but it already can make large-scale codebase changes across multiple files in a repository. Ultimately that's what I want from an AI assistant on my machine - give a prompt and see changes in all repo, not just current file.
- IanCal 2y ago
  > Thanks! "Nearby edits" mean edits in the same file or the whole workspace? For the autocomplete, in the same file. So proposing adding more logging when you add a few statements, changing an error check, adding something to the class def or constructor. They do have a multi-file editing thing called "composer" I think, which I used to make larger changes to an app (e.g. add a new page that lists all the X, and it creates that and the links to it in the other pages). You might also be interested in aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider for larger changes.
  - divan 2y ago
    Thanks! Yes, Aider is a good attempt. I tried it a couple of times, ran into a number of issues, but should give it another try. Integration with an editor (I use nvim) is crucial though.
worldsayshi 2y ago
> It's been a while since i've used copilot though, so copilot chat might be more advanced then i'm remembering. Copilot is still surprisingly basic but I've heard rumours that they are working on a version with a lot more features?

thawab 2y ago

I think it’s having an agile team focused on this. In the past it was because cursor index your code (vector search) so any question you ask the llm has context of your code. Now it’s the autocomplete feature (their own model). Next i think it will be composer (multi file edit, still in beta).

shombaboor 2y ago

keeping up with the latest code assistants is the new keeping up with the latest js frameworks.