python_autocomplete
AI
code completion
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea, could be used for phone coding keyboards
From 1 comment
I've been thinking about using something like this for Swype-like keyboard for coding on phones.
bobajeff on HN
Objections
Commenter questions whether it beats language server completion like RLS
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool, but I'm not sure how much better this approach would be compared to language server based completion (something like RLS).
logicprog on HN
Simple neural networks are not best for code; n-gram models reach similar accuracy
From 1 comment
This one is a character level language model. The Microsoft one is per token. This one should be the closest to the Microsoft model:…
veselin on HN
Requests
Online demo or Jupyter notebook with downloadable pretrained model
From 1 comment
I wished they had an online demo, or jupyter notebook with an easy to download pretrained model so I can test it in colab
make3 on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Microsoft's IntelliCode?
From 1 comment
Is this similar to Microsoft's IntelliCode? How does it differ?
nikeee on HN
Would GPT-2 be used for this?
From 1 comment
What about gpt-2?
p1esk on HN
Alternatives named
Microsoft IntelliCode
From 2 comments
Is this similar to Microsoft's IntelliCode? How does it differ?
nikeee on HNThis one is a character level language model. The Microsoft one is per token. This one should be the closest to the Microsoft model:…
veselin on HN
Language server completion (RLS)
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool, but I'm not sure how much better this approach would be compared to language server based completion (something like RLS).
logicprog on HN