Copilot is great, but a hundred bucks for what is basically a smart autocomplete seems a bit much - mostly, I hate the fact that the code is constantly transmitted to github (my repos are mostly local) - are there any reasonably convenient options for doing this without github looking over my shoulder all the time? I’m using VSCode but not wedded to it.
I’ve been using AWS CodeWhisperer. It’s free for individual users.
I’ve been using codeium for a while and is pretty good.
Thanks - just installed Codeium - it was the simple to set up in place of codepilot. It seems better so far. It can pull in suggested functions from a search and mod the variable names to fit the code. I don’t know if github could search for functions like that, but it was one of the obvious things in codeium.
Best of all, Codeium is 100% cheaper than github for solo developers.
When I asked it for a fairly basic function it came back immediately with a pre-written suggestion that I could drop straight into the program. For me, using AI in the IDE is pretty much essential now I’ve seen how much more productive I can be when I don’t have to trawl documentation or forums looking for an answer. I just don’t see why I should have to pay a hundred bucks to github for it.
Glad you liked it!, I’m using it with the private API of servicenow and works pretty decently
