In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Matt Rothenberg and Idan Gazit from GitHub about GitHub Next, Copilot, AI based projects at Github, and what the future is for developers with AI.

Show Notes

• 00:38 Welcome
• 01:23 Who are Matt and Idan?
• Matt Rothenberg

@mattrothenberg

Matt Rothenberg on CodePen

Matt Rothenberg on GitHub)

Idan Gazit

@idangazit

Idan Gazit vis.social

Idan Gazit on GitHub

02:22 What’s the history of GitHub Next?

GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer

ChatGPT | OpenAI

05:18 How do you come up with new ideas?

06:37 Did GitHub Copilot blow up fast?

13:18 Do we need powerful models for all situations?

16:40 How does Copilot know my codebase?

Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot | The GitHub Blog

21:34 What’s Copilot X?

Introducing GitHub Copilot X

24:57 What is it like to have a hit like Copilot?

31:27 What is the future for developers due to AI?

35:11 What other AI based projects are you working on?

42:10 Are there any flops from GitHub Next?

46:59 How do you think about Code Brushes?

GitHub Next | Code Brushes

48:46 Supper Club questions

Breeze | Afternoon Labs

Introduction - The Rust on ESP Book

Recursive Sans & Mono

Bearded Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace

Zed - Code at the speed of thought

Warp: The terminal for the 21st century

59:16 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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• GitHub Next

githubnext/githubnext: A public point of contact for GitHub Next

Ariakit - Toolkit for building accessible UIs

Liveblocks | Collaborative experiences in days, not months

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