The Copilot engineer shaking up software development
The engineer who helped make GitHub Copilot a global force is building its open alternative from Christchurch
For millions of software developers, GitHub Copilot was the moment artificial intelligence stopped being an abstract promise and became a practical colleague.
Suddenly, AI could sit in the coding environment, suggest the next line, explain unfamiliar code and help turn an idea into working software. It changed expectations of what a developer tool could do, and opened the door to a new generation of AI coding agents.
Igor Costa was there as that shift gathered pace.
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