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.
You could try HF Code Autocomplete VSCode extension. That would allow you to use open-source LLMs like https://github.com/bigcode-project/starcoder.
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.
Why would you use copilot in the first place! Is it that hard to write code in a simple text editor like vim?
I use VS Codium, which seems to have a lot of home-phoning disabled although I really don’t trust Microsoft code still somehow doing its thing now and then
I tried a few and Codeium is the best
https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot is an OSS alternative, don’t know how viable it is. https://codeium.com is commercial, but has a free tier that seems to offer most of what CoPilot offers.
The alternative is… YOU!
Invest in yourself, get training/practice, and eventually you will become strong enough you realize you don’t need any autocomplete! :)
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.
