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title: Experimenting with GitHub Copilot
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date: 2021-11-06T23:56:47-05:00
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lastmod: 2021-11-08T21:46:39-06:00
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toc: true
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comments: true
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authors:
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- bbaovanc
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categories:
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- programming
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- tinkering
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tags:
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- github-copilot
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series:
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- github-copilot-experiments
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resources:
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- name: feature
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src: boba-shop.webp
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title: GitHub Copilot tends to repeat stuff.
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- name: rust-poem
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src: rust-poem.webp
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- name: python-twinkle-poem
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src: python-twinkle-poem.webp
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- name: horrible-code
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src: horrible-code.webp
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- name: dropdown-css
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src: dropdown-css.webp
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- name: boba-shop # same as feature
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src: boba-shop.webp
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- name: boba-shop-size
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src: boba-shop-size.webp
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- name: boba-shop-color
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src: boba-shop-color.webp
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- name: girlfriend
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src: girlfriend.webp
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- name: cheese-burger-poem
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src: cheese-burger-poem.webp
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- name: sing
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src: sing.webp
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- name: what-is-boba
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src: what-is-boba.webp
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- name: what-is-github-copilot
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src: what-is-github-copilot.webp
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- name: what-is-the-purpose-of-this-file
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src: what-is-the-purpose-of-this-file.webp
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- name: who-is-steve-jobs
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src: who-is-steve-jobs.webp
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---
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I decided to play around with GitHub Copilot. Here's some of the code that I
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got as a result.
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<!--more-->
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## Poems
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First, I tried to get Copilot to write me a poem in Rust. It didn't really work.
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{{< figure src="rust-poem" >}}
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So, I tried Python instead.
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{{< figure src="python-twinkle-poem" >}}
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This is where I realized that Copilot was doing a little more than just
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repeating code it had seen before verbatim.
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Before this testing, my understanding was that Copilot was sort of like a search
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engine. It looked at the context and found a piece of code from GitHub that
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matched the functionality you wanted. This was the reason I had such a negative
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opinion about it. I saw it as a way to easily violate copyleft licenses such as
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GPLv3.
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Anyways, back to more testing.
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## Horrible code
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I decided to ask it to generate some horrible code for me. Unfortunately, it
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didn't quite do what I wanted.
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{{< figure src="horrible-code" >}}
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## Solving problems in bobatheme
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I decided to consult Copilot on how to make a nice CSS dropdown, which I need
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for the language picker in bobatheme.
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{{< figure src="dropdown-css" >}}
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Maybe I'll have to test it out.
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## Making a boba shop
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Now, I asked Copilot for help on creating a new
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[boba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea) shop, which got a little
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spammy.
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{{< figure src="boba-shop" >}}
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{{< figure src="boba-shop-size" >}}
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## More random code
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I got some ideas of important questions to ask Copilot thanks to the
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conversations going on in Discord.
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{{< figure src="girlfriend" >}}
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Turns out the API endpoint in that code is real, and returns a (presumably)
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nonexistent person.
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## Another poem
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I decided to generate one more poem, this time naming the function something
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different in hopes of getting a different result.
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{{< figure src="cheese-burger-poem" >}}
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It was a success! And the output of the program:
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```text
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Mary had a little lamb.
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Its fleece was white as snow.
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And everywhere that Mary went.
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..........
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Cheese Burger
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```
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## A song
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I decided to try and get it to sing a song.
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{{< figure src="sing" >}}
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According to Google Translate, here's what that says:
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```python
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def sing():
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print("""
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You are my little pig
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I love you
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You are my little pig
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I love you
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""")
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```
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## GitHub Copilot as an encyclopedia
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I decided to ask Copilot a few random questions to test its encyclopedia
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abilities.
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{{< figure src="what-is-boba" >}}
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{{< figure src="what-is-github-copilot" >}}
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{{< figure src="who-is-steve-jobs" >}}
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I had run out of questions to ask, so I just started the comment with a generic
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"what is" and let Copilot finish the question and answer.
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{{< figure src="what-is-the-purpose-of-this-file" >}}
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That last line came out of nowhere!
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