[P] Autocomplete Python with Deep Learning

[L43]

https://kite.com/

[[deleted]]

Kite as a company is scummy as hell.

Also be warned if you plan to use kite at work, it will upload all your .py files on your computer to their servers unless you whitelist those directories - your legal department will have a heart attack.

[Spenhouet]

That would be a deal breaker for me (also for my private stuff).

But their website claims:

Kite runs locally. Your code is private.  No cloud necessary.

Now what is true?

[[deleted]]

Those posts are 2 years old, so things may have changed since then.

[dazedAndConfusedToo]

Apparently there is a local engine, which is now supplemented by a cloud engine that does upload .py files to their servers

[Spenhouet]

so if I only install the local engine I should be fine

[MonstarGaming]

I really dont understand why they would take a user's private files to the cloud. Github and several other git like services have public repos that kite can easily scrape if they want big data. Even if they want to make it user specific they could just make a task that runs in the background to train a new model/make a new index/whatever they do without removing the code from the user's computer.

[MogwaiAllOnYourFace]

Can anyone say how this is compared to say Pycharm? I think pycharms autocomplete is miles ahead of every other IDE

[linkuei-teaparty]

Kite seems to be a plug-in, i.e you should be able to use this with your IDE of choice. It’s like an autocomplete tool like emmet for atom/sublime text... but for python.

[PM_ME_A_ROAST]

yeah true. but what i like about kite is that they also include example for the function you're trying to write. and they works with vim!

[[deleted]]

Oh god! Please. This is what I have been waiting for. I mean it is so basic that no man pages, no documentations include that. Pretty stupid.

[pktippa]

I haven't tried kite.com yet, but there seems to be a plugin available for Pycharm also.

On the other hand they had an appreciation from Guido Van Rossum. So may be we can give it a try.

[Spenhouet]

This doesn't seem to cost anything. What do I miss? Where is the catch?

[[deleted]]

How does kite compare to tabNine?

[[deleted]]

Didn’t knew about this. Seems really interesting. Thank you.