⚡️ GitHub Copilot is C-O-O-K-E-D

Sorry for the clickbait title. It just seems to me that after these changes, GitHub will lose to Claude.

2 hours ago, I received an email from GitHub that starting June 1st, Copilot is moving from a request-based subscription model to a token-based model. This means the subscription model will be the same as the one used by Claude.

A request is an interaction between the user and the LLM. For example, sending a prompt in the chat in VS Code is one request. The Pro subscription gives you 300 requests per month. This was always enough for me, both at home working on pet projects and at work.

With enough skill, you can write a prompt that allows you to implement a major feature in just one request. You simply describe the desired changes in detail, specify the tools, and ask the agent to be autonomous. The agent will start working, writing code and burning tokens. And all of this in a single request!

This was the main advantage of GitHub over Claude. But apparently, there are now too many skilled developers, and it has become unprofitable for GitHub.

It seems that hiring a middle developer will soon become cheaper than subscribing to AI…