Is Github Copilot Worth Paying For?? 

Major issue with the copilot is that it was caught stealing copyrighted code, even in a private repositories. The fact that something goes through AI doesn't mean it's not a copyright breach. The thing literally copy-pasted entire blocks of code, down to a numbers in arrays or various spelling and indentation errors. I wonder at which point this will come out to be either a security risk or something leading to a lengthy legal battle against Github. But... it's still impressive how Github managed to monetize its huge codebase. As they say... if you don't pay for the product - you are the product. If you pay for the product - you STILL might be the product.

It saves me SO MUCH TIME. And if I'm confused about something, I just explain what I want in a comment and it's done. I'll be paying for it. Edit: Since I was a student in Jan 2021, my student pack allows me to use CoPilot for free

it's like an autopilot for aviation. It's doing the boring work while pilots still have full control

The thing that saddens me is that I don't get paid as much as people in developed countries but I have to pay the same price for the product. It's not like I cannot afford it but price adjustment would have been nice.

In my opinion ,the learners/the new developers should not pay for this until they have enough knowledge of the different concepts aka the strong grip in the language .I guess after exploring that its efficient to pay for that to save time. Its just my understanding. Anyone can make their choice at the end ☺️. Love your contents👍

When I was a boy we had to search Stack Overflow to find how to do things and learn from code snippets. Having your editor suggest code is a great learning tool. The trick is to read the code and learn when its useful or just plain wrong. It also saves a lot of typing . When learning this saves my time, I learn by reading code and not having to Google saves a lot of time.

I appreciate the step-by-step instructions you provided.

Thanks for sharing ; is there a list of frameworks it supports ?

Thanks for taking the time to create this valuable content.

Your enthusiasm for the subject is contagious.

Did you try using tabnine pro version?

Your explanations were clear and easy to follow.

Being a student, I am glad I am having it for free. Really helpful. Don’t copy without understanding, copy to save time on coding known stuff

Hi James, great video about Copilot. Do you plan on doing a tutorial on how to make our own custom VSCode Themes?

Hi! What's the name of your VSCode Theme? Thanks! And great video!

Thank you for a very detailed answer

where'd you get that cap?

The examples you demonstrated were practical and applicable.

I have used a sample of Open AI's codex which is connected through API I believe (new dumb programmer), and its a natural language text to code generator. Im pretty sure it does it in reverse too where you can cut and paste code and it will tell you line by line what it is doing in English. As a new programmer that gets confused easily, I can't wait until this is more mainstream and affordable.

What are popular code maintainers? Are there any kind of definition?😅

Hello James how is going? I am a huge fan of your channel , I surely going to pay for it, I only tested GC using javascript and typescript and I saved a lot of time coding, i think it was improved since it was created until now, like you said, it really blew my mind last month, i would say i makes a lot of sense developers pay for the subscription because it worth it (almost for me) I only hope github do not increase the price of plans at the future for this awesome product. Greetings

I can't wait to try out these techniques in my own projects.

The thing is: My corporate would be open to pay me and my team license, but as of today, we have to buy separately X licences, you cannot (yet) buy just 10 licences and manage them, and with the purchase request, purchase order, ... process, this is kind of a nightmare for me to manage ^^

My company doesent alow me to use coopilot bevause it crosses with confidentiality agreement .cause they collect your data and code.

Honestly Copilot looks very very interesting, possibly awesome. Wondering if Copilot can injest our custom ESLint rules

Thank you James for your advises. As a student I'll take this opportunity. Just a question: does it work with TS?

I agree with all your points in this video, James. Copilot is a great time saver. I also wouldn’t recommend it to beginners. However, I would have added one more pro to the list. It’s fun! I’m blown away with how good it is. I catch myself pissing with it for while just for my own amusement. $10 is a hell of a value for this thing imo.

Thanks. I came to a decision on if I should buy it or not after watching this video. I already pay for an AI tool and since this is basically an automated copy and paste from online sources then I don't really think I need to pay for two AI tools.

As you said, great if it writes code you understand, not if you don't understand it.

who is better at code, Github copilot or chatGPT?

The question is.. this kind of the auto-complete tool is too tempting for code beginner not to use it.. if one can learn the code examples but type a few letters why typing them all? And they can learn related topics broadly because less time spent on some specific long code examples.

I think there's definitely some edge cases that copilot needs to work on. One edge case is not giving correct suggestions for code for packages that is no longer supported nor used in the repository for example nexus-plugin-prisma and nexus-prisma. nexus-plugin-prisma uses t.crud but nexus-prisma doesn't. I'm sure there are many other packages with a similar case. I would not accept code from copilot as we have to understand what the code actually does and it makes sense that junior devs shouldn't use it even if it helps the company with quality code. Overall I think its a amazing tool and over time will only get better with good code quality and scrubbing.

I love to do it myself. The kind of satisfaction that you get after thinking out a logic, typing the code and then tweaking and turning different parts of the code to make it cleaner and more efficient is a priceless experience that I just cannot part with. Sorry Microsoft. I don't need Copilot. I will fly it solo. I will do it manually.

I am truly amazed by the potential and craziness of copilot. I mean, it seriously is crazy.

Tbh what i heard is that is is not that good and you can write it better yourself if you are familiar with the language, tho if something is not crystal clear i am sure copilot can push you in a good direction. I would use it if it was included in pro and mostly use it for languages i do touch like every 2 years like C# so that i dont have to google too much.

I still dont know if I should pay for github colpilot, but I know you need to pay for higher bitrate. All i see is pixels

im a college student and i have it for free and i love it so much

If you building something complex algorithm, you probably will need Github Copilot since it's makes your task much easier to find some basic logic.

or just have a opensource project then you get it free, of coz the project will have to have little attraction to it

Not necessary to have co-pilot , but can be helpful as an addition in understanding algorithms or explaining code.If you just rely on copilot generated code, you lose whats going on since its not your code. I prefer to have great control and understand, rather than rely its going to work. Also you want to learn how to program, right? Its useful to use your brains and once you learn, then can use as a suggestion to improve.

Só wouldn't it be good for learning? I thought it might be good for beginners who use it to make questions, not to write for you.

Will the payed version still collect our personal data?

I never thought learning GitHub Copilot could be this enjoyable.

So should junior developer use it

Is it still worth now that we have chatGPT?

For real for real its worth the money

its worth every penny!

Sometimes i get really frustrated with the code suggestion

Seriously it should be free for the devs that supported it thru beta I'm pretty pised

I just made 2 apps, one in python (graphs with github api data) and a shell script that does various things... and I wrote it JUST WITH COMMENTS! !!! ! 11! one one eleven!!

For design front-end isn't that useful. Is like Googling.

I really won't pay for it, I've used it in the preview, and I've to turn it off most of the time, because it was wasting my time clicking esc esc esc.... to not see its nonsense suggestions. I only turn it on when I'm doing repetitive code or need some known snippets like sorting array in some direction, but when it comes to real business logic no way, it's a real time waster and sometimes makes me go crazy for the sh*t it suggests. I use a paid IDE for my work and it's waaaaay better and cheaper than this thing. maybe in the future it becomes better then may consider it, but currently no no no.

you missed the ethical perspective

Is Github Copilot Worth Paying For?? I am not sure if I can answer this. So honest :D

nice u can be canceled after 59 days lol :-) so I maybe try like that I'm a beginner so yes

Last trick have your work pay for it? For real? That’s the trick? Lol

When i can afford it. I will, but now, i am pretty much okay

Yes it is worth it

the 60 day free trial only applies if you opt for the $100 yearly subscription.

I used it throughout the whole beta phase when it was free and it was a great experience. However, when I noticed it was gone I went to the copilot checkout page and decided I didn’t really need it. It’s a thing that’s nice to have but kinda useless at the same time. Yah it saves you a little time but whatever. Basically just giving your money away This is just my opinion.

Yes, it is worty

Start around 5:00

skip the video, just read the comments

If you make money off of it, you should pay.

I had a very bad experience with it, always got the wrong suggestions.

Github co-pilot? shut up and take my money.

short answer: 1. if you are poor then yes 2. if you are struggly hard with money then the answer is yes 3. if you are a good and experienced programmer than the naswer for that is yes

No, people signed up because it was free not that it’s cool. No, it cannot help you with things you don’t already know. Most of the stuff you get is something you already know

You should not, you should not pay to train your future replacement, that will make more money for Microsoft

Copilot's biggest issue is that they trained on licensed code, which means its generations (while helpful) may get you in a lawsuit! It also costs $10/mo, so they're charging you so that you could get charged in court. There are alternatives out there like Codeium (which I use daily) - which doesn't train on licensed code and is free for everyone. I'm always wary of free products, but they have a business model that charges for enterprises, so seems like a Notion-like model (free for users, paid for businesses).

The Tabnine AI extension even in free version is way ahead of Copilot. I'm happy with it

My short answer is NO!.

No

Why would I pay for something that was trained on peoples public repos. No Thanks.

If you have to pay to copilot to code? Do something else. You’re not a coder. As simple is that.

1st !!

Wow, an entire video with your face but not examples of copilot

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You should own it outright or you can’t sell it

HELP function myFunc () { console.log('hello'); } // myFunc(); //don't give undefined // console.log(myFunc()); //gives undefined Question: why console.log gives undefined while without console it is not giving undefined?

Thanks for taking the time to create this valuable content.

Your enthusiasm for the subject is contagious.

The examples you demonstrated were practical and applicable.

I never thought learning GitHub Copilot could be this enjoyable.