alt Hacker NewsBetween VSCode and AI, all the engineers I work with have stopped using JetBrains products.
I don't think the problem is AI itself; they can have AI too, AI as capable as something like Cursor, for example. The issue is that their product is bloated and slow, and much of the technological leadership they once had has been overtaken by VSCode.
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spuz • today at 3:38 PM
Jetbrains IDEs are far from bloated and slow especially compared to electron and chromium based software. Besides - they are still growing in revenue so the financial loss probably isn't due to users jumping ship.
tananaev • today at 3:38 PM
For Android development I still prefer Android Studio (IntelliJ based). Maybe just a habit because I don't really write code there anymore. For everything else usually VS Code.
> The issue is that their product is bloated and slow
I disgree. Use their ide on a 16gb laptop and never had any performance issues. AI is the problem. Openai and anthropic are eating their lunch.