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SwellJoetoday at 12:10 AM2 repliesview on HN

No one wants an IDE, anymore. They're building a better horse.


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cleaningtoday at 12:37 AM

In my opinion, the IDE interface still has not been beaten if you are working on a serious codebase where you are reviewing each diff.

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chrisweeklytoday at 12:52 AM

Decent analogy in 2nd sentence BUT the 1st doesn't hold water. TIMTOWTDI, statements about "everyone" or "no one" are highly suspect, and the trend of code-assist -> agentic -> delegated / orchestration is just that (a trend), not a universal law. Even in a full-on maximalist yolo paperclip future, many experts will likely ALWAYS want access to a decent IDE. (Note I'm not saying Cursor is necessarily that IDE, and I'm not commenting on the valuation.)

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