Side note… I also tried continue.dev vscode extension[2] but could not get it to work reliably.
[0]: https://aider.chat/ [1]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=feiskyer... [2]: https://continue.dev/
I think Paul is somewhere on HN too.
It's interesting to see how careful they are to put developers first in the way they describe use of the products. To me this is a step closer to replacing developers with PMs.
Removing the feedback loop between Product and Engineering would be a huge productivity gain - I personally always wanted to see myself as more than a hired gun that just did what they were told anyway.
This would probably be great for our careers long term if we learned the other side and accepted it. A lot of people just want to code, but if it were me I'd rather have someone do both if the economics and work load still made sense.
What you might see long term is one role, with people having a T or M shape that is either more user-research driven or technical driven.
It becoming a one-person show helps you too, if you are willing to be more entrepreneurial and capitalize on your own skills instead of lending them to someone else.
Yay. I got into the copilot x labs beta but using VS code is a nonstarter. I love my JetBrains IDEs and refuse to use anything else.
https://github.com/github-copilot/chat_jetbrains_waitlist_si...
I’d almost consider paying for it for my personal repos which contains my side business but it’s a stretch.
I read the announcement and really can't tell what is supposed to be different about this than the current VS Code copilot extension.
Is it just expanded availability to other services like GitHub?
