News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend. Parent comment

Re:Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rus... by smt88 on Monday June 22, 2026 @01:46PM (#48633401)
My point was not at all to accuse you of using the wrong tools, but rather to point out that your rebuilt IDE is missing something very valuable (combining the debugging and editing experience).

I don't and have never understood why someone spins up a full-weight IDE and then not used that same GUI to manage their debugger, since you get a lot of added benefits from that (being able to copy/paste from the editor to code evaluation/REPL for example).

I wasn't trying to criticize this early work at all. It looks like a fun and promising project!

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rus... by kyle-ssg on Monday June 22, 2026 @02:01PM (#48633615)
Hey, no worries, I don't think you were criticising! I guess this IDE was prominently started for me, and I wouldn't use an internal debugger vs debugging in Chrome for example. I think if I added one, the debugger would be opt-in/installable rather than always bundled.
[ Parent | on HN ]