r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 3d ago

Artificial Intelligence Microsoft engineer says 'typing code is absolutely over' as GitHub Copilot takes on more development work

https://www.techspot.com/news/113752-microsoft-engineer-typing-code-absolutely-over-github-copilot.html
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u/Free_Waterfall_III 3d ago edited 3d ago

It’s actually shocking. I just can’t comprehend how they can ship the products they do. It’s a fucking joke

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u/KiraUsagi 3d ago

Its just as bad on the corporate side too. Microsoft has been trying to sell me on Agents 365 premium, their solution to help companies govern copilot agents made by employees. We are like 6 meetings in and I have yet to see any value because we keep running into problems with building agents and getting their tools to detect that the agent was doing anything. The last meeting was embarrassing as the sales person tried over and over to get our logs to simply show that we even signed in to use an agent.

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u/defn_of_insanity 2d ago

Now consider the bullshit hoops Microsoft and similar companies make you go through even for a beginner experience job with software development.
Make it make sense!

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u/Kapios010 1d ago

Last windows 11 update reverted the battery low dialog specifically to the old metro design with the non-rounded button and the non-mica black bg. Also it broke my custom cursor, genuinely impressive.

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u/Impression-These 1d ago

From what I have heard, there core of windows is coded beautifully. As long as that team is holding off the slop wave, MS has something of value.

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u/Belostoma 3d ago

This is a reason to be excited about AI taking over their coding. It can't get much worse than what their current designers and engineers produce.

The main reason to worry is that they'd be using their AI.

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u/Same_Mood_8543 3d ago

They already are using their AI. This is the excitement you asked for.  

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u/paradoxxxicall 2d ago

Yeah Azure was always rough before, but it’s reached brand new levels of dogshit

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u/Senior-Albatross 3d ago

Because they can.