Which AI tools are you guys using for coding?

[GLimaDev]

Hey everyone,

I've been exploring different AI coding tools recently, and I'm curious about what you all are using. I started looking into Cursor IDE because I wanted something that could use my entire codebase as context, and I've been having a blast with it.

The Copilot++ feature has been really impressive so far. Another thing I like is that you can switch between different AI models - I'm currently trying out Claude-3.5-Sonnet.

But I'm sure there are plenty of other tools out there that I haven't tried yet. What are you all using? Any favorites or interesting experiences to share? I'd love to hear about other options and what you like or dislike about them.

 

[hideath]

gpt-4-turbo with 0.1 temperature,
working well for my needs, no advanced codes tho ^^

 

[Oreilly]

Claude. It's the best one for coding from what I've heard. Getting better results than ChatGPT with it for sure.

 

[Siddhant654321]

Claude is the best one. ChatGPT is also decent but I have noticed that the code claude gives you has more quality in it and it listens to what you say (unlike gpt which sometimes do things or miss things even after properly giving it instructions). Github Copilot is also quite good because it kind of speed up the coding process

 

[rizer7]

Can you make a program just saying what you want with these Ai coders? I saw the thread but as i'm beginner want to get more information

 

[GLimaDev]

Claude is the best one. ChatGPT is also decent but I have noticed that the code claude gives you has more quality in it and it listens to what you say (unlike gpt which sometimes do things or miss things even after properly giving it instructions). Github Copilot is also quite good because it kind of speed up the coding process

Yeah definitely. One thing i noticed is that the LLMs from the GPT family always agree with you, even if your solution is terrible. While Claude actually gives you suggestions for better alternatives to your approach. Also, i noticed that GPTs tend to over-explain things and eventually, your chat is polluted with a lot of redundant examples and code snippets.

 

[Siddhant654321]

Yeah definitely. One thing i noticed is that the LLMs from the GPT family always agree with you, even if your solution is terrible. While Claude actually gives you suggestions for better alternatives to your approach. Also, i noticed that GPTs tend to over-explain things and eventually, your chat is polluted with a lot of redundant examples and code snippets.

True and one more thing I like to mention is the speed. GPT takes a lot of time to give an answer when compared to claude. Also, GPT is down once every few days.

 

[d1g1nomad]

Which tech stack are you guys working with? FE/BE? What kind of products? One man band or teams?

Asking since we've been discussing using AI for coding but all our devs were against it. We have a quite conplex product, a PWA (10k+ dev hours). Techstack: react.js, nest.js, typescript

 

[GLimaDev]

Which tech stack are you guys working with? FE/BE? What kind of products? One man band or teams?

Freelance solo dev here. Currently, my go-to stack is Axum/Postgres/Svelte for big projects and Flask/Sqlalchemy/Jinja2/Htmx for smaller ones.

Asking since we've been discussing using AI for coding but all our devs were against it. We have a quite conplex product, a PWA (10k+ dev hours). Techstack: react.js, nest.js, typescript

I find that very odd. I think that LLMs are a great tool for any coder. What's their argument against AI tools? That honeslty sounds like luddism...

 

[VCC ROYAL]

I've been exploring different AI coding tools recently, and I'm curious about what you all are using. I started looking into Cursor IDE because I wanted something that could use my entire codebase as context, and I've been having a blast with it.

The Copilot++ feature has been really impressive so far. Another thing I like is that you can switch between different AI models - I'm currently trying out Claude-3.5-Sonnet.

But I'm sure there are plenty of other tools out there that I haven't tried yet. What are you all using? Any favorites or interesting experiences to share? I'd love to hear about other options and what you like or dislike about them.

Cursor IDE with Copilot++ is great option. You can also check out GitHub Copilot Tabnine and Kite. Think about cost, working with other tools output and how much help you can get from other people when youre picking a tool. U can compare and also u can test.
Keep it up be a master of r fortune..

 

[GLimaDev]

Cursor IDE with Copilot++ is great option. You can also check out GitHub Copilot Tabnine and Kite. Think about cost, working with other tools output and how much help you can get from other people when youre picking a tool. U can compare and also u can test.
Keep it up be a master of r fortune..

Yeah Cursor IDE is amazing. I've been thinking about trying out continue.dev (vscode extension) as it looks way better now than it was a few months ago. I love Cursor, but the fact that it is not open-source kinda turns me off of it. It's literally the only software on my machine that is not open-source So when i have the time, i'll play around with continue.dev extension + vscodium

 

[d1g1nomad]

Freelance solo dev here. Currently, my go-to stack is Axum/Postgres/Svelte for big projects and Flask/Sqlalchemy/Jinja2/Htmx for smaller ones.


I find that very odd. I think that LLMs are a great tool for any coder. What's their argument against AI tools? That honeslty sounds like luddism...

Reason(s) against I'm afraid fall into the luddism category. Arguments like:
- it's for simple projects/code,
- AI is not there yet,
- it doesn't help that much to become an integral part of our dev process etc.
One of our senior fullstack guys that is kinda eager to experiment gave it a try with CoPilot a while ago, but was not impressed or convinced to use it. The others follow, but I believe we're missing out - based on feedback from other guys like your or talking to my friends, CTOs, seniors. I'm using it and for me it makes a big difference. FYI: don't have a enginireeing background, I'm the product/project manager, actually the owner of the company. But working in soft.development in different roles for the last 15+years, not a noob...at least I know what the next hire is going to be.

 

[ADSEO9900]

Here are a few popular ones you might want to check out:

GitHub Copilot
TabNine
Replit
Kite

Each tool has its strengths and might suit different needs depending on your coding style and project requirements.

 

[GLimaDev]

Reason(s) against I'm afraid fall into the luddism category. Arguments like:
- it's for simple projects/code,
- AI is not there yet,
- it doesn't help that much to become an integral part of our dev process etc.
One of our senior fullstack guys that is kinda eager to experiment gave it a try with CoPilot a while ago, but was not impressed or convinced to use it. The others follow, but I believe we're missing out - based on feedback from other guys like your or talking to my friends, CTOs, seniors. I'm using it and for me it makes a big difference. FYI: don't have a enginireeing background, I'm the product/project manager, actually the owner of the company. But working in soft.development in different roles for the last 15+years, not a noob...at least I know what the next hire is going to be.

Well, maybe in the context of a team it might not be extremely helpful given that the tasks are properly distributed. However, as a solo developer, i can say that i can do the work of a small team all by myself and quite fast thanks to AI tools.

 

[OccultKingdoms]

Results are twisted.

I'm working with visionary stuff and it's failing many times.

It speaks like a stackoverflow user, sometimes it gets conclusions like "not possible" or can't handle tasks like injecting dlls.

It has a huge problem with coming up with ideas that didn't exist before. It's almost impossible to get it to reinvent a wheel.

The type of work you'd do to get $. Yes, reinventing wheels is fascinating, but... it's an art people don't consider cause... society is in crisis AS ALWAYS, right.

It's not a money generator unfortunately.

I like to enter "write like a forum user" and then provoke Claude default free version with "those fckers again spoke about React and promoted it as top stuff" and it answers in a funny way. I think it's best use case so far - just makes fun and helps find arguments to ditch some stuff. Good for unlearning.

It has trouble with producing one liners for Python (power / efficiency = what you need in business software).

Last time I refactored its code for 2 hours and decided to remove it. And it happened maybe 20 times so far with it. It's just producing some clutter here and there.

I mean, I'm not even trying to use it well. Why would I if I am just a novice. It's for experts with 1000 years of experience.

 

[VisualA]

I like chatgpt because it talks to me like I'm five.

(Also it knows who Neurosama is and laughs at my memes)

 

[cheetahogreen]

I don't use tools, but popular AI coding tools include GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, and Replit's Ghostwriter; each offers unique features like code completion and context awareness.

 

[xReminisce]

switch between copilot and chat GPT 4o
usually get what I need done.

 

[d1g1nomad]

Oh summer it was when I tried to "convince" our devs to use AI, they were not really enthusiastic about that Now just didn't leave it as an option, it's Cursor that they need to start using right after new year. High hopes, let u know how it goes

 

[amberlawan37]

If you like exploring AI-driven coding, GitHub Copilot or Tabnine are good choices.