FYI, the post you replied to is entirely a quote from the article (even though formatting makes it appear that only the second paragraph is a quote). So the poster likely is not working on copilot.
It’s kind of strange that no one from Copilot has said anything on HN. I wonder who has the authority to discuss it, if anyone. Usually bad PR is accompanied by “So-and-so from X here! We hear you…”
They’re probably going to have a much harder time launching this feature than they imply in the article. It’s hard even for database companies that specialize in full text search.
I think this episode will tell us definitely how much of GitHub is left, and how much Microsoft has infected their culture.
I can't fix it since I can't edit my comment anymore. Next time I'll be more clear with any multi paragraph quotes!