Moved from github to gitlab when it was acquired by Microsoft. Moved from gitlab to codeberg last month because I don’t need a behemoth with dozens of services I never use to store my 3 shitty code files.
GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.
Submitted 8 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8
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borokov@lemmy.world 8 months ago
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Broke: selfhost Forgejo (what Codeberg runs on, for those who don’t know) because nobody looks at my code anyway
Woke: access my Git repo directly through SSH because I don’t need any other feature anyway
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
If they intend to pay me the same amount to work slower and think less, that’s their choice and I will be happy to help them out pursuing it. ChatGPT, explain to my boss how I’m using AI for everything I work on now.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
They think they can hire less SWE because of it. Though from my experience all benefits it gives are neutralized by mistakes or does. I have to pay more attention to what it produces to find bugs (and they are subtle, and even then successfully sneak them).
I also frequently notice that I actually can produce more concise code for my user case.
And it is plagiarizing (Microsoft apparently provides some legal protection against a lawsuit, but I don’t know if that is for everyone).
A while ago I found a bit less popular code and it came with library. I didn’t like their implementation so I started writing my own and copilot basically was suggesting the code from the library I tried to rewrite.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Guess I’m migrating code to a different service then 🤷♂️
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Aight Imma head out
Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bro you are literally not necessary, not even the best at what you do. See everyone on codeberg.
SeeFerns@programming.dev 8 months ago
Codeberg rules
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But who else is going to micromanage and bully the employees and strut around self-importantly doing jack shit? /s
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What employees?
mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 months ago
Codeberg is so nice.
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 8 months ago
If those are my two options…start looking for my projects on Codeberg I guess.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
CEOs, embrace torches and pitchforks.
Copilot is shit.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 8 months ago
Copilot is shit
Yes and no. I find its terrible at solving more complex problems but its great at writing out tests for a function/view that covers every flow. My team went from having like 40% (shit) coverage to every PR having every case tested (inb4 they're not good tests, they are good)
With that being said, fuck CEOs and fuck AI.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Copilot is shit.
Exactly, my company provides license for copilot and I use it, and while it has some highlights most of the time it actually is more a nuisance than help.
It especially annoys me because it hijacks autocomplete based on types with is own that frequently has subtle bugs, so now if I have it enabled I need to be on guard all the time. With the traditional autocomplete I could just trust it to be correct.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Turn off the autocomplete, it’s shit. Do use agent mode for targeted tasks that are easy but laborious. Don’t give open ended or subjective prompts. Don’t ask it to do anything creative or novel. It has its uses. Nowhere near what the snake oil salesmen would have you believe, and probably not worth the unsubsidized cost, but for now it has uses.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 months ago
i wonder if this the reason why its so bad on the phones, it autocomplete with words that arnt even close to what you are typing.
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
You can turn off the copilot autocomplete in the ide and JUST use agent/edit/ask mode
Buckshot@programming.dev 8 months ago
This is my experience. It saves a bit of typing sometimes but that’s probably cancelled out by the time spent correcting it, rewriting nonsense it produced, and reviewing my corworkers PRs that didn’t notice the nonsense.
mx_smith@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You have to put it in Ask mode so it doesn’t touch your code also ChatGPT models are free so if you want to ring up an AI bill use the Claude and Sonnet models.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 8 months ago
I'm looking out in the street. I see a lack of torches, pitchforks, or any pressure on corporate interests.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Be patient. Pyrrhic victories of your enemies are not to be gobbled. They are to be savoured.
the_q@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
You can’t point this out! People will flip the responsibility to you!
nocturne@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Be the change you want to see.
PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Don’t worry, they’re gonna eat themselves doing shit like this. It’s not a matter of if, but when.
“AI” has it’s uses (medicine, engineering, etc.), but 99.99% of the snake oil they’re selling are just gimmicky cash grabs. Classic cases of Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
Let them burn their money, I say. Fuck it. Just sit back and enjoy the fire.
krimson@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Keep inflating that bubble boys.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 months ago
I love that. Gonna steal it.