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Am I just using the wrong model and stack? Because the Copilot story with elixir leaves a lot to be desired. At best, it will complete the occasional map keys

by atonse 2y ago

Am I just using the wrong model and stack? Because the Copilot story with elixir leaves a lot to be desired. At best, it will complete the occasional map keys or 2-3 lines here and there. It very rarely writes a whole function correctly But that’s it. It also hasn’t been terribly impressive with NextJS.

arresin 2y ago
I also feel like I’m in another reality. I use cursor and aider every day and now grok also. If I didn’t have years and years of experience I wouldn’t be able to fix shit code it regularly produces or figure it out when it can’t (and that happens a lot). Also learning-wise I don’t feel like I get much from LLMs versus traditional doc reading and lecture / YouTube watching. So you need the knowledge already also. I don’t get it. Are people just lying or is there a secret tool that is 100x better than anything I can find?
- plasticbugs 2y ago
  It definitely depends on what language you’re using and the complexity. But Claude 3.5 and now 3.7 are far superior in my experience for coding tasks. It’s like the difference between ChatGPT 3.5 and 4. It’s far and away more useful and less error-prone for my use cases than other sota models. Cursor + Claude 3.7 in Agent mode is my goto.
  - atonse 2y ago
    Does cursor support vscode type extensions and LSP etc, or am I thinking about this the wrong way?
    - plasticbugs 2y ago
      Yes, I believe it’s a fork of VS Code, so all your favorite extensions and settings are portable. It will even ask to import your VS Code settings on first launch.
      - atonse 2y ago
        Just set it up and it was incredibly smooth. As you said, it's a fork. So it even offered to copy over all my settings/extensions. Let's see how it goes.
- hulitu 2y ago
  > I don’t get it. Are people just lying or is there a secret tool that is 100x better than anything I can find? They are just lying. They have to sell their product some way and the CEOs and sales people are the perfect suckers because they have no idea what coding is.

by atonse 2y ago

arresin 2y ago

I also feel like I’m in another reality. I use cursor and aider every day and now grok also. If I didn’t have years and years of experience I wouldn’t be able to fix shit code it regularly produces or figure it out when it can’t (and that happens a lot). Also learning-wise I don’t feel like I get much from LLMs versus traditional doc reading and lecture / YouTube watching. So you need the knowledge already also. I don’t get it. Are people just lying or is there a secret tool that is 100x better than anything I can find?

plasticbugs 2y ago
It definitely depends on what language you’re using and the complexity. But Claude 3.5 and now 3.7 are far superior in my experience for coding tasks. It’s like the difference between ChatGPT 3.5 and 4. It’s far and away more useful and less error-prone for my use cases than other sota models. Cursor + Claude 3.7 in Agent mode is my goto.
- atonse 2y ago
  Does cursor support vscode type extensions and LSP etc, or am I thinking about this the wrong way?
  - plasticbugs 2y ago
    Yes, I believe it’s a fork of VS Code, so all your favorite extensions and settings are portable. It will even ask to import your VS Code settings on first launch.
    - atonse 2y ago
      Just set it up and it was incredibly smooth. As you said, it's a fork. So it even offered to copy over all my settings/extensions. Let's see how it goes.
hulitu 2y ago
> I don’t get it. Are people just lying or is there a secret tool that is 100x better than anything I can find? They are just lying. They have to sell their product some way and the CEOs and sales people are the perfect suckers because they have no idea what coding is.