Github Copilot

JaxNode November 2021

About Me

fek.io/blog

youtube.com/c/polyglotengineer

github.com/davidfekke

@jaxnode @polyglotengine1

So are we all out

of a job?

"Twenty years from now, if you are a coder, you might be out of a job"

Mark Cuban was the basis for Russ Hanneman on Silicon Valley

Milton Friedman

Push a button, it can land by itself

Otto Pilot

Github Copilot

• Billed as Your AI Pair Programmer
• Supports Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Java, and Go
• Also supports other languages
• Invite Only
• Supports only few editors

Supported Editors

• VSCode
• Visual Studio
• Neovim
• All JetBrains IDEs

How does it work

• Based on the OpenAI Codex
• Copilot extension sends comments and code to its Copilot service
• Copilot then makes suggestions

Codex Model

• OpenAI Organization
• Complex machine learning model
• Trained against all Github public repos
• Trained against English language

How to get Copilot

• Signup for the invite
• Once you get an invitation, install the extension
• Authenticate the extension against your Github account

How to use Copilot

• Make sure extension installed
• Works best when writing small functions with meaningful names
• Works well when good docstrings and comments are used in your code

Copilot claims

• When using Python, Copilot recreated function bodies based solely on the signature correctly 47%
• If given 10 attempts, it was 57% accurate
• Will get better over time
• Works best with APIs and frameworks that you may not be familiar with at this time

Demo

Questions