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I wonder how many programmers who are amazed by Copilot/ChatGPT just aren't using a proper IDE. Switching to Jetbrains tools (with AI disabled, of course) has been like getting imbued with 2x the knowledge I actually have in a language.

@prma I've used their Go, Java, and Typescript products so far. I've been a professional TS dev for the last couple of years and it just makes writing faster. The other two are ones I'm learning and it just seems to know exactly where I'm going when I start writing. It's pretty cool.

@cda @prma Programmers often seem not even aware of a strong type system, good ide and compiler.

@cda @prma Some similarities with blockchain hype, seen as a solution for which already a much simpler and reliable solution exist.

@cda I don't know about Java and typescript. But for Go and Rust language servers do a lot of the heavy lifting. So you can also have a lot of the features that JetBrains offer in Helix, Neovim and VSCode, if you prefer those.

I agree with your main point as well. Good tooling is amazing. But the thing is that if you like to use good tools you need to learn those tools. Which is a sentiment I fail to see in those most impressed by LLMs.

@cda
So the solution to using remote propriatry software is switching to local propriatry software?

For foss software, other than Codium (fuck electron), there is only KDE/Kate, which isn't an IDE really.

@bill88t
@cda

The main problems with LLMs have nothing to do with source code licensing.