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1. throwaw12 · 1790077711 · focus · HN ↗

   I like JetBrains as a company, their pricing for individuals made a lot of sense, you buy the license and you can keep using perpetual license for that version, if you want to buy newer version, you pay slightly less than year before.

   I want them to succeed, but can't see how they can win in this agentic world, where people are barely opening their IDEs, and living in agents terminal whole day and from time to time opening a PR to get a review

   1. sunaurus · 1790079574 · focus · HN ↗

      I'm realizing I am a minority, but my IDE is becoming MORE valuable to me, not less, with LLMs.

      The volume of code is only increasing. Problems that used to be solved with a few lines (or even removing lines) are now solved with changes across 10 different files.

      My IDE is invaluable for me when trying to navigate this stuff. I am completely convinced that people reviewing LLM code only via PR diffs are consistently missing massive systemic issues. You *need* to review changes in context of the surrounding code.

      And doing this without an IDE is just making your life harder for no reason.

      1. surgical_fire · 1790084090 · focus · HN ↗

         Likewise.

         Unless you are blindly vibe coding everything without an IDE to help navigate what is being generated to review the output, working would be hellish.

         And if you are blindly vibe coding everything, I am just glad I don't have to work with you. While LLMs mostly speed me up, they make serious mistakes often enough that a review is necessary.

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