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I Tried Every AI Coding Assistant

Science & Technology

Introduction

T9, GitHub Co-pilot, Chat GPT, Amazon Code Whisper, and other AI coding assistants were put to the test in a thorough evaluation. From their performance and usability, each assistant was categorized into different levels of usefulness based on the testing results. Let's delve into the details of how each AI coding assistant fared in assisting with coding tasks.

  • T9: Placed in the decent category as it did not perform as well as expected during testing.
  • Chat GPT: Considered amazing but not the best option due to context switching, placed in the actually useful category.
  • GitHub Co-pilot: Praised as incredible and capable of saving significant time, earning a spot in the 10x developer category.
  • Bir: Showed better performance than expected and was deemed actually useful.
  • Amazon Code Whisper: Underperformed as a general coding assistant, especially outside of AWS environments.
  • Sourcegraph Cody: Utilizes repository information to answer questions but performed acceptably in testing.
  • Coding AI: Automates test generation and provides code improvement suggestions, showing exceptional performance and placed in the 10x developer category.

Keywords

T9, GitHub Co-pilot, Chat GPT, Amazon Code Whisper, Sourcegraph Cody, Coding AI, AI coding assistant, performance, usability, context switching, 10x developer category.

FAQ

  1. Which AI coding assistant was rated as the most useful in the testing? GitHub Co-pilot was deemed as absolutely incredible and capable of significantly saving time, earning it a spot in the 10x developer category.

  2. What were the notable shortcomings of some AI coding assistants in the evaluation? Amazon Code Whisper struggled as a general AI coding assistant, particularly outside of AWS environments, while T9 and Sourcegraph Cody were considered decent and acceptable, respectively.

  3. How did Chat GPT perform as an AI coding assistant according to the testing results? While Chat GPT was acknowledged for its amazing capabilities, the need for frequent context switching led to its categorization in the actually useful section, rather than the top-tier 10x developer category.