I told #copilot I wanted an ASCII art of a volvo driving in Texas. It first told me I had to sign in to create images. I told it I wasn't asking for an image, but ASCII art. It then complied with something that doesn't look like a Volvo, and definitely has nothing that even stereotypically looks Texan.
For those who might care or just be curious. I was able in a few minutes to get #Codeium to create a #python script to do this. It made a couple of missteps, but I was able to guide it in the right direction and end up with this #ascii art.
So, my #Copilot trial just expired, and while it did cut down on some typing, it also made me feel like the quality of my code was lower, and of course it felt dirty to use it considering that it's a license whitewashing machine.
I don't think I will be paying for it, I don't think the results are worth it.
@ainmosni: there is other solution where they have free tier - #codeium
In general as non frontend dev, I like how it suggests for html and for go even just minimal placeholders function fill-ins is nice.
But as per license and not knowing where my code is sent, I'm looking for selfhosted solution. Found few options with #ollama, but unfortunately my current 10 years old HW is not enough for that :P
After hearing about #Codeium on the #Syntax podcast, I decided to use it to help me write a #powershell script for a backup routine. I had originally written in C-sharp a while back, but obviously could be much faster and smaller with a script.
I am not a professional. I found that it did great at helping me with syntax for Powershell, which I am not that familiar with. However, I did find Codeium would get lost in the nested conditionals, so I had to watch it closely & move things around.
I've been playing around with it for a few days now, and so far in my personal use with #PHP / #Laravel it seems to produce better completion that GitHub's Copilot.