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I tried GitHub copilot and I like it for its autocompletion, but ChatGPT is still better. Do you agree?

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Yeah. :D

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Have you tried codeium in VS Code? It has an in IDE chat.

codeium.com/

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It uses Chat GPT-4 if you can get early access like me. It helped me build my website.

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Seems like the best of both worlds. I’ll give it a try! Thanks!

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No problem! It's really easy to use! As you can see by my profile, I'm a fan. You have to get early access to the GPT-4 chat, but that other one is pretty good, it autocompletes, writes JS docs, refactors functions, has an in code editor, and much more:

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Plus, it is free, which is awesome. I hope you enjoy it! Good luck with your coding!

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Mike Talbot ⭐

I hate the autocompletion, it's like having an adhd junior developer constantly talking in your ear while you are trying to think. It damages my ability to be creative, when I pair with people I have to get them to turn it off lol.

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It does sound like someone trying to complete your thoughts while you speak.

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Mike Talbot ⭐

Yeah that's it, like someone trying to pre-empt you and sometimes just totally getting it wrong by jumping in too early :)

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Hardik Goel

True said, I used Codeium AI for building websites for my personal projects that are complex and uses APIs to work on and I can say that it's auto completion really hinders my ability to think and write logic for the code. Few times when I used it I don't think about logic and just make it write the code which at first I am looking it but after some time when I give it a think I got to know that it reduced my ability to think logically and write the code. After that I wrote my code in my own without any help at any AI, yes it takes time to write, but it's worth taking time.

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