alt Hacker NewsWeird, thanks for flagging – we're just using a Youtube embed in an iframe but I'll take a look.
No worries if this isn't a good fit for you. You're welcome to try it out for free anytime if you change your mind!
FWIW I wasn't super excited when James first showed me the project. I had tried so many AI code editors before, but never found them to be _actually usable_. So when James asked me to try, I just thought I'd be humoring him. Once I gave it a real shot, I found Codebuff to be great because of its form factor and deep context awareness: CLI allows for portability and system integration that plugins or extensions really can't do. And when AI actually understands my codebase, I just get a lot more done.
Not trying to convince you to change your mind, just sharing that I was in your shoes not too long ago!
I would really rethink your value proposition.
> CLI allows for portability and system integration that plugins or extensions really can't do
In the past 6 or 7 years I haven't written a single line of code outside of a JetBrains IDE. Same thing for all of my team (whether they use JetBrains IDEs or VS Code), and I imagine for the vast majority of developers.
This is not a convincing argument for the vast majority of people. If anything, the fact that it requires a tool OUTSIDE of where they write code is an inconvenience.
> And when AI actually understands my codebase, I just get a lot more done.
But Amazon Q does this without me needing to type anything to instruct it, or to tell it which files to look at. And, again, without needing to go out of my IDE.
Having to switch to a new tool to write code using AI is a huge deterrent and asking for it is a reckless choice for any company offering those tools. Integrating AI in tools already used to write code is how you win over the market.