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   <meta property="og:title" content="I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on Github Copilot"/>
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-GitHub Copilot has recently taken the software engineering world by storm and just hit a
-[milestone of $100M ARR, which is enough to stand alone as a publicly listed
-company](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1711792178031460618?s=46&t=3D8YW9UxdZo4eiYzLsOALw).
-[Funding is starting to pour into code-focused LLM
-use-cases](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/blog/2023/10/14/seed-round-release-0-3-0-RAG/).
+GitHub Copilot has recently taken the software engineering world by storm and
+just hit a [milestone of $100M
+ARR](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1711792178031460618?s=46&t=3D8YW9UxdZo4eiYzLsOALw),
+which is enough to stand alone as a publicly listed company. Funding is starting
+to pour into code-focused LLM use-cases.
 
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-But code-focused LLM product's step function in the state of the art has also
-brought with it
-[controversy](https://twitter.com/paulinebhyang/status/1711802423474540992) and
-funny results.
+But code-focused LLM products also brought its fair share of [controversy](https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/) and entertaining
+results.
 
-<Figure caption={<a href="https://x.com/lydiahallie/status/1410321569113649152?s=20">Funny prediction by GitHub Copilot from Twitter</a>}>
-  ![Funny Angular](./github-copilot-assets/slides/after/funny-angular.png)
-</Figure>
+<Carousel.Wrapper>
+  <Carousel.Slide>
+    <Figure caption={<a href="https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/">Lawsuit against GitHub Copilot</a>}>
+      ![Lawsuit](./github-copilot-assets/slides/after/lawsuit.png)
+    </Figure>
+  </Carousel.Slide>
+  <Carousel.Slide>
+    <Figure caption={<a href="https://x.com/lydiahallie/status/1410321569113649152?s=20">Funny prediction by GitHub Copilot from Twitter</a>}>
+      ![Funny Angular](./github-copilot-assets/slides/after/funny-angular.png)
+    </Figure>
+  </Carousel.Slide>
+  <Carousel.Slide>
+    <Figure caption={<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/15h0rpl/thanksgithubcopilot/">Funny chat response by GitHub Copilot from Reddit</a>}>
+      ![Funny Chat](./github-copilot-assets/slides/after/funny-chat.png)
+    </Figure>
+  </Carousel.Slide>
+</Carousel.Wrapper>
+
+**But leaving controversy aside, which can be a whole article in itself, this
+article is about the opinions of developers on the product itself in spite of the
+controversy.**
+
+<Admonition title="Disclosure" type="info">
+We pay for GitHub Copilot because we feel it makes us code faster but we have no
+affiliation with GitHub or Microsoft. We were not paid to write this article.
 
-We pay for GitHub Copilot because we believe it delivers an efficiency boost in
-our development workflow that outweighs the cost. But what does the average
-developer think about GitHub Copilot? What are the most common complaints? What
-are the most common praises?
+We just want to know what the average developer thinks about GitHub Copilot.
+What are the most common complaints? What are the most common praises?
+</Admonition>
 
 
 To understand how developers are receiving Copilot, I went to where
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 <Figure caption='Whiteboard of opinions'>
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+
+## Anti-Copilot Opinions
+
+### Opinion: Copilot is a performance and financial hazard
+### Opinion: Copilot is a fad
+## Pro Copilot Opinions
+### Opinion: Copilot accelerates the pace of feature development
+### Opinion: Copilot can be outstanding when implemented correctly
+## Neutral Opinions
+### Opinion: Copilot offers genuine benefits for specific use cases, but it is often misused or applied inappropriately
+
+# Conclusion