The title itself is a recipe for disaster. Also this is a semi rant.

Yesterday I was informed that I will have the honour to implement the core functionality - which is an interface layer to use the driver of a very expensive hardware shit - of the software I’ve been working on as a frontend dev.

There are two possibilities for the language: C++ or C#. The one that was proposed/imposed is C#, which I know nothing of, while at least I have some hobbyist experience with C++; when asked if I could take some time to familiarise myself with C# I was basically laughed in the face, saying I will learn on the field and at least some of them have some experience with it.

Should I insist to go with C++, or is that an even worse idea in an already fucked up situation?

  • @[email protected]
    -13•1 year ago

    You have copilot? You’ll be fine if so, just throw down comments for what you want it to do and tweak it when it doesn’t compile.

    • @[email protected]English
      15•1 year ago

      Please do not follow this advice. For one, copilot is terrible in general. For two, using it without being able to vet the codes correctness is a recipe for disaster.

      • @colonial
        3•1 year ago

        copilot is terrible in general.

        I concur. I took the free trial and was not impressed - most of the time the suggestions aren’t any better than LSP autocomplete.

        And if I asked it to implement something or let it autocomplete part of (say) an expression, it tends to go tits-up completely. (Which is especially odd considering I use languages with abundant static context - It’s not like JS where the type of a function parameter is “who the fuck knows until runtime.”)

        Spend your $10 a month on supporting OSS devs/projects.