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Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by embedding-shape » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

zby wrote: post #16

kylemaxwell wrote: post #7

Is this just a vibe-coded IDE? The tagline "Modular IDE designed for agentic coding" and description don't really summarize what this does differently, and I'm not looking at a video to figure that out.

The video seems to be about mushrooms.

The "have it your way" made me think about hamburgers, can't remember how/why though.

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by ai_slop_hater » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC

blitzar wrote: post #6

if someone would give me 60bn to put a chatbox in vscode I would happily do it

don't forget to fork and rename a chinese llm

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by SequoiaHope » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC

zby wrote: post #16

kylemaxwell wrote: post #7

Is this just a vibe-coded IDE? The tagline "Modular IDE designed for agentic coding" and description don't really summarize what this does differently, and I'm not looking at a video to figure that out.

The video seems to be about mushrooms.

Something I’ve realized lately is that AI makes some things so easy (like video generation) that you’re not required to do the hard work of planning and reflection that might occur with a more involved task. We’ve always been susceptible to rushed thinking but AI compounds this significantly.

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by mcscxv » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC

I just need shells — no IDE integration whatsoever. I work across several large codebases in Xcode, Android Studio, and Visual Studio, and I don't want anything wired into them; I just want shells running alongside, exactly like git. Forced docked windows here and there don't help. The best thing about Codex and Claude Code is that I can spin up as many shells as I want and work on as many bugs and features as I can handle in parallel.

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by adamsiem » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:08 AM UTC

embedding-shape wrote: post #31

zby wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The video seems to be about mushrooms.

The "have it your way" made me think about hamburgers, can't remember how/why though.

Burger King: https://youtu.be/KJXzkUH72cY

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by bad_username » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC

grim_io wrote: post #3

This might be one of the strangest product video editing decisions I've seen.

It is strange which is why it is great. So refreshing to not see another instance of corporate videoslop.

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by duskdozer » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 8:11 AM UTC

at-fates-hands wrote: post #22

Am I the only one who is getting tired of all the AI stuff in VS Code? I just want to open my ide and not be greeted by a dozen AI prompts begging to have it code something for me. Its such a distraction. I want less of this stuff not more of it.

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by jaan » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

grim_io wrote: post #3

This might be one of the strangest product video editing decisions I've seen.

Haven’t commented in years but I came to say this is an incredible video.

I think the uncanny valley of this video as a makeshift 90s infomercial captures the audience and sells the product!

Caveat: vaporwave is one of my favorite genres so take this with a grain of salt.

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by jreynar » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC

I couldn't even get the video to play. Nonetheless I'm sort of meta excited by this product. It reminds me of the apocryphal "customers want a faster horse" thing associated with Henry Ford. Chat bolted onto an IDE was a great starting point, but if AI is writing the code, do even need an IDE? This doesn't go that far but it sounds wacky enough that it least it's trying to break out of the IDE mold. Not idea what we need instead of an IDE but if an IDE with chat is a faster horse then I'm really curious what the car looks like. Is it just reviewing UI? Even that seems like a short term solution since I'm not sure how long code reviewing will be around as agents get better at it and it might make more sense to do fractional launches and gather data than spend precious human time looking for a bug/needle in a diff / haystack...

Re: Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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Post by evanklem2004 » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC

evanjrowley wrote: post #4

grim_io wrote: post #3

This might be one of the strangest product video editing decisions I've seen.

Has there ever been an IDE demo video with better music?

It's actually an original piece of music that I custom made for the demo so I am glad you liked it : )