[HN Gopher] I tested Copilot in an existing open-source codebase...
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       I tested Copilot in an existing open-source codebase with unit
       tests [video]
        
       Author : Link-
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2021-08-15 18:59 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | AYBABTME wrote:
       | Is there a TL;DR?
        
         | byteface wrote:
         | He seems to know the codebase and works out the problem for
         | about 30 mins sometimes fastfowarded. Then at about 28 mins
         | copilot smashes the answer instantly when he types a method
         | name at the bottom of a utils file. he doesn't like it though
         | as he seems to know the api really well and wants the util to
         | use his api instead. so deletes the copilot answer and types
         | out a different answer using the api which he knows.
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         | then creats a few unit tests.
         | 
         | This was an interesting watch and useful to see other peoples
         | setups.
        
         | hdjjhhvvhga wrote:
         | It's mediocre. Sometimes it's plain wrong, sometimes right but
         | not exact and so on.
        
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