Developers often volunteer to be held hostage by one technology, or a small handful of them, and declare it the ideal, the future, or [any admirable adjective]. They have little desire to learn anything beyond that ideal and even consider it harmful. The problem runs deep and applies to any technology a developer loves. Subjectivity is a poor — and even somewhat destructive — quality for a developer. Sure, some technologies may be closer to your heart, but they shouldn't cloud your objectivity when making decisions...

This year has been unofficially declared the year of AI, and ChatGPT is the reason why. Hardly any sphere of human activity was left without AI solutions, and code written by developers is no exception. Here I've gathered the most popular AI coding assistants available today, prioritizing the ones with a free option.