I write embedded firmware for wireless mesh networks and satcom. Blend of Rust and C.

I spent ~4 months using Copilot last year for hobby projects, and it was a pretty disappointing experience. At its best, it was IntelliSense but slower. At its worst, it was trying to inject 30 lines of useless BS.

I only realized there was an "agent" in VS Code because they hijacked my ctrl+i shortcut in a recent update. You can't point it at a private API without doing some GitHub org-level nonsense. As far as my job is concerned, it's a non-feature until you can point it your own API without jumping through hoops.