It’s time to take a break, stretch our legs, grab a drink, and maybe even join in some interesting conversations around the water cooler as Michael goes off script, Joe is very confused, and Allen insists that we stay on script.
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- Allen finished his latest ergonomic keyboard review: Moonlander Ergonomic Keyboard Long Term Review (YouTube)
- Sadly, the
.httpfiles tip from episode 161 for JetBrains IDEs is only application for JetBrains’ Ultimate version.- Test RESTful Web services (JetBrains)
Meantime, at the watercooler….
GitHub Copilot (GitHub)
- In short, it’s a VS Code Extension that leverages the OpenAI Codex, a product that translates natural language to code, in order to … wait for it … write code. It’s currently in limited preview.
What’s the value?
- Is the code correct? Github says ~40-50% in some large scale test cases
- It works best with small, documented functions
- Does having the code written for you steer you towards solutions?
- Could this encourage similar bugs/security holes across multiple languages by people importing the same code?
- Is this any different from developers using the same common solutions from StackOverflow?
- Could it become a crutch for new developers?
- Better for certain kinds of code? (Boiler plate, comm
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