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JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development

75 points · 123 comments · FinnLobsien

hypfer · 1790079832 · focus · HN ↗
Semi-OT, but does anyone here know what exactly happened at JetBrains?
Their IDEs have been nosediving for years now in a way usually reserved to "has been acquired by private equity". But they have not been acquired by private equity as far as I can tell.
I'm writing this from my laptop, where each keypress in a .md file in WebStorm makes the fan spin up (not hyperbole).
What happened, JetBrains?
1. rogerthis · 1790081102 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm still a happy payer, but... They started to get out of tracks with the "new UI".
  The OP post feels like completely marketing department, no skin in the game. I'm afraid they are becoming Borland.
  1. hypfer · 1790081309 · focus · HN ↗
    Follow-up question:
    What else can one use?
    Excluding VSCode and all those AI-first IDEs I mean. JetBrains' git features have been excellent. I have not yet seen them be reproduced anywhere, but, eventually, they will kill that classic UI plugin. :(

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