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Comment by Sharlin

1 day ago

That’s like asking why anyone would use IDE autoformatting, linting, or build tools rather than constantly swapping to a terminal to run their command line versions. As in, why use tool integration in an integrated development environment? Because that’s the entire point. Classic IDE refactoring and code generation tools are limited to explicitly programmed operations, but a well-integrated LLM can do much more and smarter manipulations without you having to context switch and explain the context of what you want done.

You've got the wrong end of the stick. I mean CC in a terminal, me in an IDE.

Both of us working on the same code side-by-side. Window-by-window in my case.

And my IDE isn't infested with AI popups and extra menu items and lost real estate or anything trying to guess what I'm typing.