Re:Show HN: Aide, an open-source AI native IDE
by yen223 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:02PM
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I probably would switch to Cursor for Swift projects too if it weren't for the fact that I will still need Xcode to compile the app.
I also agree with the non-AI parts of JetBrains stuff being much better than the non-AI parts of Cursor. Jetbrain's refactoring tools is still very unmatched.
That said, I think the AI part is compelling enough to warrant the switch. There are code rewrite tasks that JetBrains would struggle with, that LLMs can do fairly easily.
Re:Show HN: Aide, an open-source AI native IDE
by skp1995 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:32PM
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JetBrains is very interesting, what are the best performing extensions out there for it?
I do wonder what api level access do we get over there as well. For sidecar to run, we need LSP + a web/panel for the ux part (deeper editor layer like undo and redo stack access will also be cool but not totally necessary)
Re:Show HN: Aide, an open-source AI native IDE
by mike_hearn on Thursday November 07, 2024 @04:26AM
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You can get both by using Aider (yes, confusingly similar name). https://aider.chat
It does the multi-file editing with asking to add files etc, but as a CLI/local web app tool.
Re:Show HN: Aide, an open-source AI native IDE
by BoorishBears on Sunday November 10, 2024 @02:39AM
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No way I'd ever use a CLI tool to augment my work in an IDE. Completely backwards.
Overall it's so unfortunate that Jetbrains doesn't have a Cursor-level AI plugin* because Jetbrains IDEs by themselves are so much more powerful than base level VS Code it actually erases some small portion of the gains from AI...
(* people will link many Jetbrains AI plugins, but none are polished enough)