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fvdessen ◴[] No.39996522[source]
I just tried it and it's amazingly cool, but the quality of the output just isn't there for me yet. It makes too much subtle errors to be as useful as the screenshots and the gifs makes it look
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1. alexose ◴[] No.39998381[source]
I agree with you. It's okay at really simple code changes for really simple repos, but it falls apart for anything outside the ordinary.

I'm sure I'll have to eat these words, but: This just doesn't feel like the right interface to me. LLMs are incredible at generating "inroads" to a problem, but terrible at execution. Worse yet at anticipating future problems.

All this might very well change. But until it does, I just want my LLMs to help me brainstorm and help me with syntax. I think there's a sweet spot somewhere between this tool and Copilot, but I'm not sure where.

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2. paradite ◴[] No.40001524[source]
Hi, for somewhere between GitHub Copilot and aider, you can try the desktop app 16x Prompt. I have been using it daily for the past few months and it suits my working style nicely.

It is capable of handling complex tasks like feature development and refactoring across multiple files, but it doesn't try to generate diff and apply them automatically.

Instead, you will get a response from LLM that is easy to read and allow you as a developer to quickly apply to your existing codebase.

You can check it out here: https://prompt.16x.engineer/