Ask HN: How are you getting on with AI coding assistants?
Hi
This is such a fast moving area, would be good to get your take on the optimal setup and any tips or recommendations.
I'm looking to add a coding assistant to VS Code, I was going to subscribe to Github Copilot but then I saw there are a bunch of interesting looking VS Code extension AI assistants that presumably are more cost effective by purchasing tokens for an API key:
Tabnine
Amazon Q
Continue
Codeium
Blackbox
CodeGPT
Gemini Code Assist
Cody
Double
Thanks for any advice or feedback on your experience with these tools!
This is such a fast moving area, would be good to get your take on the optimal setup and any tips or recommendations.
I'm looking to add a coding assistant to VS Code, I was going to subscribe to Github Copilot but then I saw there are a bunch of interesting looking VS Code extension AI assistants that presumably are more cost effective by purchasing tokens for an API key:
Tabnine
Amazon Q
Continue
Codeium
Blackbox
CodeGPT
Gemini Code Assist
Cody
Double
Thanks for any advice or feedback on your experience with these tools!