Comment by iLoveOncall
7 days ago
I also use IDEs and I think people who use terminal-based editors are lunatics but I prefer terminal-based coding agents (I don't use them a lot to be fair).
It's easier to see the diff file by file and really control what the AI does IMO.
On another note VS Code is not an IDE, it's a text editor.
Copilot opens the files and shows me the diff, that is not missing in the IDE
Perhaps your definition of IDE is more restrictive. I see VS Code as my environment where I develop with masses of integrations
Terminal based editors can work as an IDE too, with diff and the like. EMacs it's like that and it has magic, ediff and who knows what. And VIM can do the same, of course.