Comment by ankitml
19 days ago
GitHub is not the place to write code. IDE is the place. Along with pre CI checks, some tests, coverage etc. they should get some PM before making decisions..
19 days ago
GitHub is not the place to write code. IDE is the place. Along with pre CI checks, some tests, coverage etc. they should get some PM before making decisions..
This is the future envisioned by Microsoft. Vibe coding all the way down, social network style.
They are putting this in front of the developers as take it or leave it deal. I left the platform, doing my coding old way, hosting it somewhere else.
Discoverability? I don't care. I'm coding it for myself and hosting in the open. If somebody finds it, nice. Otherwise, mneh.
As long as the resulting PR is less than 100 lines and the AI is a bit more self sufficient (like actually making sure tests pass before "pushing") it would be ok I think. I think this process is intended for fixing papercuts rather than building anything involved. It just isn't good enough yet.
Yeah, just treat it like a slightly more capable dependabot.
As a matter of principle I don't use any network which is trained on non-consensual data ripped of its source and license information.
Other than that, I don't think this is bad tech, however, this brings another slippery slope. Today it's as you say:
> I think this process is intended for fixing papercuts rather than building anything involved. It just isn't good enough yet.
After sufficient T somebody will rephrase it as:
> I think this process is intended for writing small, personal utilities rather than building enterprise software. It just isn't good enough yet.
...and we will iterate from there.
So, it looks like I won't touch it for the foreseeable future. Maybe if the ethical problems with training material is solved (i.e. trained with data obtained with consensus and with correct licenses), I can use as alongside other analysis and testing tools I use, for a final pass.
AI will never be a core and irreplaceable part of my development workflow.
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> I left the platform, doing my coding old way, hosting it somewhere else.
may you please let me know where are you hosting the code ? would love to migrate as well.
thank you !
You're welcome. I have moved to Source Hut three years ago [0]. My page is https://sr.ht/~bayindirh/
You can also self-host a Forgejo instance on a €3/mo Hetzner instance (or a free Oracle Cloud server) if you want. I prefer Hetzner for their service quality and server performance.
[0]: https://blog.bayindirh.io/blog/moving-to-source-hut/
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In day-to-day I interact with github PR via intellij github plugin. Ie: inspect the branch, the changes, the comments, etc.
Maybe that's how the microsoft employees are using it (in another IDE I suppose).