Programming

Thanks! Respectfully, I think I'm OK on that side of the equation. But you're right - you should invest in your own learning and self-directed growth - this applies to all facets of life, not just writing python modules.

I like using copilot. Now that we aren't using punch cards to write monolithic BASIC and we have an internet to work with, most of the brain work in programming is component-based integration. AI makes typing out code a LOT faster, so I won't be ditching it to resume writing out for-loops end-to-end. I just don't want every line of code available to github and definitely don't want to fund the walled AI model if I can find a way around it.

Copilot isn't really about needing autocomplete, it's about not wasting time writing predictable long lines of code. One example I use is MPI calls, they take tons of parameters and doesn't really require much brainwork, instead of writing it all, you let copilot do it and just quickly read it to check.

thanks, yes - looks like a free entry point for autocomplete - the 'pro' tier is probably similar to copilot, by the looks of things - about the same price too.

This project seemed promising from the initial description:

https://github.com/CodedotAl/gpt-code-clippy/

but looking at the issues and history, it doesn't seem to be all that promising practically, so presumably avoiding corporate AI is not easy (yet).

Fairly skeptical about Jetbrains' Model, so it's basically a wait and see.

Thanks for taking the time to respond - it sounds like an interesting research project. This indeed looks like the ideal long-term solution, where the model is hosted locally and no code is sent to the internet while it's under development. I'll take a closer look at this - thanks again.

Of course that does not fix the fact that the code is not transmitted and a company cannot look over your shoulder :p

Thanks! Codewhisperer looks pretty good - especially the price - It looks similar to copilot functionally but it's free for individual use.

for anyone interested, there's a pretty decent demo here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRhACSZsJU

It also integrates with VSCode, so it looks like I can just register with AWS and replace copilot immediately. Still transmitting everything in the IDE to Amazon real time, but production systems are in EC2, so it feels slightly less intrusive than github.

thanks - that looks like full independence and would be good to try. I've been using codeium, which was suggested here and it seems as good, if not better than github copilot and it's free for solo developers.

I appreciate you taking the time to make the suggestion - I've learned quite a lot about open source software options in a few weeks here on Lemmy and find it's been an excellent resource for technical info and suggestions.