I just tried it out. It does feel better than CC for some tasks .
I think what Junie does differently it has better context on what the IDE knows or sees , from what files are open or typedefs are loaded, I could achieve some simpler tasks with lesser prompts and less tokens and cycles than with CC or even windsurf.
Jetbrains has the best incentive to integrate deeply I imagine, it has always been question of execution, it seems a fairly robust system.
The biggest problem for me is that I can't link my Claude Pro (or Max) account to it. So now I'm paying for two LLM accounts (even if I used Junie for coding I use Claude for other things, research, etc., so wouldn't drop it).
I just tried it out. It does feel better than CC for some tasks .
I think what Junie does differently it has better context on what the IDE knows or sees , from what files are open or typedefs are loaded, I could achieve some simpler tasks with lesser prompts and less tokens and cycles than with CC or even windsurf.
Jetbrains has the best incentive to integrate deeply I imagine, it has always been question of execution, it seems a fairly robust system.
I agree with you on the integration.
The biggest problem for me is that I can't link my Claude Pro (or Max) account to it. So now I'm paying for two LLM accounts (even if I used Junie for coding I use Claude for other things, research, etc., so wouldn't drop it).