Introduction   In the ever-evolving landscape of AI-powered tools, assistants for software... Tagged with ai, coding, llm.

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This post reports the results of experimenting with four leading Large Language Models to evaluate which one reigns supreme as a coding assistant. GPT-4 emerged as the overall victor, offering the most accurate and comprehensive assistance across all tasks. Smaller models may present viable alternatives depending on specific needs. Google's new LLM, Gemini Advance, shows significant improvements and is a serious contender to the crown of 'best LLM overall'.

Choose Your Own Coding Assistant

Interesting information, but really most devs are not using this approach. Github Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, Google Duet AI are all directly integrated to your code flow and these weren’t covered.

Mistral is a really good local assistant. The opera’s AI called ARIA is really good too for a free assistant.

Interesting post. “It depends” because on one side, you can argue that the essence of a good coding assistant is its ability to challenge you, to make you dig deeper into the logic and philosophy of programming. Just handing over solutions does more harm than good, stifling creativity and critical thinking.
On the flip side, if you are being practical the focus would be on – efficiency and speed. Something that simplifies complexity and helps devs keep pace would be prio.
So, when it comes to choosing the best coding assistant, it’s really a personal decision that boils down to what you value most in your coding journey.
Which one do you use?