https://www.davidlang.tech/tags/copilot/ Recent content in Copilot on David Lang Hugo en Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.davidlang.tech/posts/the-state-of-ai-coding-assistants-in-2026/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.davidlang.tech/posts/the-state-of-ai-coding-assistants-in-2026/ <p>By 2026, AI coding assistants are standard in professional workflows-not experiments. The landscape consolidated around a few patterns: inline completion, IDE agents, and terminal agents.</p> <h2 id="market-snapshot">Market Snapshot</h2> <p><strong>Cursor</strong> leads among developers who want an AI-native editor with codebase-wide context. <strong>GitHub Copilot</strong> remains the enterprise default tied to GitHub and Microsoft ecosystems. <strong>Claude Code</strong> and similar terminal agents dominate backend and automation workflows. <strong>Windsurf, Cody, and others</strong> compete on price and niche features.</p> https://www.davidlang.tech/posts/cursor-vs-github-copilot-vs-claude-code-the-ai-coding-assistant-showdown/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.davidlang.tech/posts/cursor-vs-github-copilot-vs-claude-code-the-ai-coding-assistant-showdown/ <p>AI coding assistants evolved from inline completions to agentic editors. Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code represent three philosophies-knowing the differences helps you pick the right tool per task.</p> <h2 id="github-copilot">GitHub Copilot</h2> <p><strong>Strengths:</strong> Deep IDE integration (VS Code, JetBrains), inline Tab completion, Copilot Chat, enterprise policies, broad language support.</p> <p><strong>Best for:</strong> Day-to-day completion inside your existing editor, teams already on GitHub, minimal workflow change.</p> <h2 id="cursor">Cursor</h2> <p><strong>Strengths:</strong> AI-native editor (VS Code fork), multi-file edits, Composer agent, codebase indexing, rules and <code>.cursorrules</code> for project context, integrated terminal agent.</p>