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Discussion on: Continue using GitHub Copilot?

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shroomlife πŸ„

I will continue. Saves me more $$$ worth of time than 10$ a month. So easy math here.

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Russell Dempsey

Absolutely agree. It obviously depends on a developers rate, but a $50/hr dev would only need to save 12 minutes to break even. One successful suggestion could save 5 minutes of searching for β€œthat one property/method/etc.”

I have saved hundreds of 10second increments while coding with copilot just because I don’t have to type out so much. On top of the help for correct property names or idiomatic approaches for unfamiliar libraries, it’s a win-win in my book.

I do get CoPilot for free though, as a member of an org that is maintaining a popular open-source library.

For those of you who value CoPilot but can’t fork out $10/mo: can you afford to help maintain a popular open source library?