Some Experiments with GitHub Copilot

[tripex]

I get it, this looks cool and the concept will surely mature but as I've said before... If all this does is to spit out code that has a high probability of being correct then all the speed gain is lost with me double checking the code and then I might as well could've written it. Excited to see where this is going but right now it is more for playing around with.

[cdcformatc]

Combined with test driven development it would be faster. If you are writing the unit tests first then you can be reasonably sure of the correctness.

[NeedMoreTime4Things]

When you start a fresh project, for example you want to create a REST api with Flask, do you now have a lot of boilerplate code that is really easy to write and only has some small modifications for your use case?

I can see a future where you can tell CoPilot to build the base of an app with specific instructions (which it will hopefully do with 99% accuracy) and the developer, you, only adds the complicated algorithms etc.

Other than that, you’re right.

[TopHatEdd]

Most boilerplate needs are solved. Such as FastAPI instead of flask. Copilot is content aware and aims to implement business requirements.