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GitHub just launched a new free tier for its Copilot coding assistant – but only for a select group of developers
GitHub has launched a new free tier of its Copilot AI coding assistant for developers using the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) developer environment. There are limitations, however, and the free offer is intended for occasional users rather than full-time developers, which currently pay $10 a month for access to the AI-powered tool. The offer includes 2,000 code completions and…
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GitHub says Copilot improves code quality – but are AI coding tools actually producing results for developers?
Software development has frequently been identified as an area ripe for improvement through generative AI adoption, but a recent study has challenged perceptions around how beneficial AI coding tools are for developers. The data science team at software development specialists Uplevel looked into the impact generative AI coding assistants are having on the efficiency and efficacy of developers. The investigation…
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Can AI coding tools be trusted? Developers aren’t so sure – over a third are concerned about AI-generated code quality despite widespread adoption and productivity gains
Over one-third (39%) of software developers have little to no trust in AI-generated code despite most admitting to using AI coding tools daily, new research shows. Google’s ‘State of DevOps’ report found over 75% of surveyed developers use AI for at least one daily professional responsibility. Chief among use cases is code generation, with 74.9% using the technology to write…
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Why Linux Is the Best Place to Learn Coding
Key Takeaways Linux offers a wide range of free programming tools like GCC, GDB, Vim, and Emacs that are preinstalled and useful. You can code on Linux without fully switching the OS using tools like WSL, making it accessible to Windows, Mac, and Chromebook users. Learning to code on Linux provides a professional environment, access to open-source code, ample documentation,…
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What is Cursor AI, the ChatGPT Replacement for Coding
Cursor AI has taken the programming world by storm. Developers are replacing Microsoft’s VS Code with Cursor as their favorite new IDE. It’s being called a true AI code editor and folks like Andrej Karpathy, the former senior director of AI at Tesla, have praised it. Cursor has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Jeff Dean, John Schulman, Noam Brown, and…
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AWS CEO Matt Garman thinks AI coding tools could herald the end of the developer as we know it – but there’s light on the horizon for worried devs
Software development will fundamentally change in the next few years, according to Matt Garman, AWS’ new chief executive, who argued that the rapidly maturing AI programming ecosystem could mean “most developers are not coding” within two years. Leaked audio obtained by Business Insider revealed Garman told AWS employees that coding was not the be-all and end-all of a software developer’s…
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AI coding tools are finally delivering results for enterprises – developers are saving so much time they’re able to collaborate more, focus on system design, and learn new languages
Software development teams are beginning to see the value of AI coding tools, according to new research, with developers revealing the solutions have helped them learn new languages and save time. GitHub surveyed 2,000 software engineers, developers, and programmers from the US, Brazil, Germany, and India, as well as a small number of data scientists and software designers. Over 97%…
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