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VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by torben-friis »

If anyone is considering moving editors, I was recently in the same boat and I can’t recommend enough lazyvim + the ebook “lazyvim for ambitious developers”.

This gets you a fully featured vscode-like baseline (navigation, language integration, integrated terminal, the whole thing).

I had tried many times to switch to vim/emacs and the initial barrier to get a workable system always kept me from pushing forward. With this I was able to make neovim my daily driver at work after just a couple weekends playing with it.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

#12

Post by rob74 »

mjburgess wrote: post #4
Alifatisk wrote: post #2

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Given the number of vs code competitors, I think "extinguish" maybe on the other side this time.

If anyone else would be generous enough to offer a free IDE with free AI code completion, they could give VS Code a run for its money, but as far as I know this hasn't happened yet? Zed for instance is available for free, very AI-centric, and you can use it with any of the popular LLMs, but you still have to pay for the LLM...

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

#13

Post by PedroBatista »

Microsoft doing Microsoft things, even with all those fresh coats of "open source" paint they bathe themselves in the last decade they really can't change their DNA.

Expect the amount of f*ckery to increase as the AI realities set in but the number has to go up either way.

It reminds me of the good old days of Visual Studio + .NET + SQL Server where they played these games too.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by dijit »

rob74 wrote: post #12
mjburgess wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the number of vs code competitors, I think "extinguish" maybe on the other side this time.

If anyone else would be generous enough to offer a free IDE with free AI code completion, they could give VS Code a run for its money, but as far as I know this hasn't happened yet? Zed for instance is available for free, very AI-centric, and you can use it with any of the popular LLMs, but you still have to pay for the LLM...

Bring your own AI token is totally fair, given the cost of AI.

The annoying thing is removing a perfectly working intellisense default.

If Jetbrains removes their on-device (non-AI) code indexer and suggestion systems then I will no longer be a paying customer for example. Despite being a All Products Pack user for the last... idk, 15 years?

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

#18

Post by railka »

torben-friis wrote: post #11

If anyone is considering moving editors, I was recently in the same boat and I can’t recommend enough lazyvim + the ebook “lazyvim for ambitious developers”. This gets you a fully featured vscode-like baseline (navigation, language integration, integrated terminal, the whole thing). I had tried many times to switch to vim/emacs and the initial barrier to get a workable system always kept me from pushing forward. With…

I think many people don't know or underestimate Zed. Native, fast, with extensions, with Vim mode support.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by kgwxd »

Copilot is what finally pushed me to use vim seriously. There's not a single thing I miss from VS Code, or Visual Studio, and I'm not even using neovim. Also dropped .NET, which I've used professionally since Framework 1.0, in favor of Go. Don't miss anything from there either.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by nmcost »

torben-friis wrote: post #11

If anyone is considering moving editors, I was recently in the same boat and I can’t recommend enough lazyvim + the ebook “lazyvim for ambitious developers”. This gets you a fully featured vscode-like baseline (navigation, language integration, integrated terminal, the whole thing). I had tried many times to switch to vim/emacs and the initial barrier to get a workable system always kept me from pushing forward. With…

I felt the same way about vim. I never had the patience to get started and configure everything to get the full benefits.

I just switched over to Omarchy for my personal OS and I know that it comes with a pre-configured neovim (using lazyvim) setup that looks like a fully-fledged IDE.

I personally have been using Helix as my editor at home and work. The fact that everything generally works on download is what got me using it.

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