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NoCopilot, GPT · 18 Dec 2025

the Agent mode can't even write code that compiles with the tools available to it

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In the thread “Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work”, replying to this comment

Helped: Asking quick questions about big functions in emacs.

Got in the way: Agent mode failed to write compilable code.

… And I'm the most junior member of my team at 37 years of age, hired in 2019. I really tried to follow the mandate from on high to use Copilot, but the Agent mode can't even write code that compiles with the tools available to it. Luckily I hooked it up to gptel so I can at least ask it quick questions about big functions I don't want to read in emacs.