# GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

8 Hacker News commenters recommended GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for an agent that runs code, reads the errors and keeps going, plus fast autocomplete. Critics say suggestions are hit or miss and the integration is buggy.

## Why people recommend it

- Real productivity gain on coding (2 comments): "It's much, much faster and easier than starting from scratch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418140)) "So the productivity gain is very real." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047072))
- Multitask UI, click into live diffs (2 comments): "I can catch a lot of bad stuff mid-flight because I can actually multitask my UI and click into diffs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012837)) "I can actually multitask my UI and click into diffs as files are edited in real time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012811))

## What people warn about

- Buggy Visual Studio integration, diffing breaks (2 comments): "Copilot for Visual Studio is just bad. And the diffing feature always breaks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370000)) "the abortion that is Copilot integration in Visual Studio" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46875964))
- Hit-or-miss suggestions, oversized inserts (2 comments): "the remaining 95% is just cases of it trying to insert 20+ lines whenever I make a simple typo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45835734)) "so hit or miss that frequently it's not worth using" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988151))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hax coding agent](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hax.md): 28 recommend
- [Roo Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/roo-code.md): 26 recommend
- [Qwen Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen-code.md): 25 recommend
- [MiMo Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mimo-code.md): 24 recommend
- [GitHub Copilot Chat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot-chat.md): 10 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://github.com/features/copilot)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot-in-visual-studio/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).