Ask HN: What are your favourite free Copilot alternatives?
With Copilot becoming a paid service, what free alternatives have you used and enjoy so far?
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OpenAI Codex. It will probably be paid later too, but Copilot is built on top of Codex. I haven't found Copilot very useful myself; it's a bit too high level.
Codex lets me control outputs quite a bit. I've been mostly using it to convert content stored in spreadsheets. But it's also been useful in say, writing unit tests. I have a command prompt macro for it.
I think the biggest problem most people have is paying $10/month on Copilot, but I've been using GPT-3 extensively and never paid over $10/month.
Codex lets me control outputs quite a bit. I've been mostly using it to convert content stored in spreadsheets. But it's also been useful in say, writing unit tests. I have a command prompt macro for it.
I think the biggest problem most people have is paying $10/month on Copilot, but I've been using GPT-3 extensively and never paid over $10/month.
I didn't realize they were separate products. Makes me curious the different iterations it'll take on.
Maybe one day we'll see it added to Xcode.
Maybe one day we'll see it added to Xcode.
I think Microsoft invests heavily in OpenAI and owns GitHub, so they're aligned. OpenAI is still an independent entity though.
I wouldn't be surprised if OpenAI is about to start charging for Codex, forcing Copilot to figure out a business model.
I wouldn't be surprised if OpenAI is about to start charging for Codex, forcing Copilot to figure out a business model.
Little by little, I've been trying to write a bit of code on my own here and there. I'm gradually getting better, and I have no doubt that I will meet and maybe even surpass the code quality that Copilot can output within a couple of years with consistent practice.
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