Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by corytheboyd on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:00PM
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I think they are talking about products like Cursor.
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Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by aranchelk on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:06PM
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Ah, that’s a painful situation.
Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by corytheboyd on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:10PM
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Eh MS wasn’t going to just let VSCode derivatives soak up all the AI gold rush money, these companies knew the risks. I wonder what it’s going to mean for projects like Zig, a migration of VSCode refugees could crank things up to 11 pretty quick.
Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by hansvm on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:57PM
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How do VSCode refugees impact a project like Zig?
Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by cstrahan on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:29PM
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I would bet they meant the editor “Zed”.
Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by corytheboyd on Sunday April 27, 2025 @05:11PM
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Shoot yeah I did haha
Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by degurechaff on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:36PM
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Zed don't have many extensions like VSCode.
Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio...
by corytheboyd on Sunday April 27, 2025 @05:14PM
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I guess the point is that VSCode won because it collected critical mass (despite people practically chanting Microsoft’s “embrace, extend, extinguish” game plan). If a sort of exodus were to happen, perhaps that same critical mass would stoke the flames of mass plugin catch-up.
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