I don’t really get the issue, I didn’t even know Microsoft published another AI suggestion extension, definitely cool that it used a local model but it does make sense for them to just roll it into Copilot.
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
#32Microsoft 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.
This piece of news follows that of Copilot being added in an "update" to LG TVs with no option to disable or opt out.
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#33I wonder if this will also impact VSCodium. I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins. They have not released 1.107 yet, doing a quick scan I am not seeing anything on the VSCodium github.
Same boat. I hope they don't downstream nonsense like this.
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#34can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read
VSCodium has been my go-to. VS Code was great for a bit but (even long before this) it was already suffering from the cancer that is "being a microsoft product" and it was being bloated to death like everything else they ship, but VSCodium seems to keep enough distance to be immune. Will it stay that way? Who's to say. I hope so though.
+1 on VSCodium. It was a 99.99% seamless transition, for me. The only annoyance at all was not having VSCodium added to my context menu, which doesn't even matter if you never "right-click->open folder" to launch. And, obviously, is pretty easy to add back in both windows and linux.
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#35If 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.
Or don't want. I don't want an AI infected editor.
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#36Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#37can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read
I've been having a very good time with Zed. Great vim motion support, and fast to the point where using VSCode feels like driving a semi truck by comparison.
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you asking why is it bad that MS disables a plugin you're using to shove down your throat a paying alternative?
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> No-one wants this. If they make it a paid-for version, it affects no-one.
You didn't read the article, did you?
"... deactivated the popular IntelliCode extension, which had over 60 million downloads..."
I'm a Microsoft hater, but let's stick to facts here, over 60 million downloads is not "no-one".
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#39If 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 had tried many times to switch to vim/emacs and the initial barrier
to get a workable system always kept me from pushing forward.
Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
#40can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read
For TUI, Helix has a lovely out-of-the-box experience. What little config there is (two TOML files) is relatively easy to grasp. The main barrier you'll face is setting up your LSPs, which need to be installed manually. (Luckily, there's `uvx -q` for Python LSPs.)
For GUI, Zed is also really nice, has a great Vim mode, and auto-installs anything you might need. It loses a couple of points to VS Code on account of not being arbitrarily extensible, although that can also be seen as a plus, as it prevents extensions from randomly slowing everything down.