I'm a heavy vim user, but now that I look at the code less and less I'm wondering if it still makes sense.
Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#2Use it to write and edit code when that makes sense for you to do so. Just like you always have. It's an extremely useful skill to have even still.
I've had much more success with agents reviewing my code and offering inline autocomplete over LSP than I have with letting the agents write the code, which I then try to review. I end up with a much better mental model of the code and higher quality output than either I or the agent could do alone.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#3You're not looking at the code?
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#4On about day 2 of using Fable I realized that the .vimrc I'd been maintaining for 15-20 years would probably never change again.
With Opus I still feel like I'm pair coding and want to get in there and make some changes myself, but working with Fable (even Fable managing Opus agents) had me in a completely different mindset, one where I realized I would just be getting in the way.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#5The intersection of people who like vim and ai is basically nil
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#6The intersection of people who like vim and ai is basically nil
There are few people.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#7I switched from using Vim as my primary editor to using Zed's Vim Mode. When you have a second process editing your project in the background you need an editor that can display those changes immediately without clunky buffer reloads.
I've also customized Zed's UI to optimize for reading and reviewing code, and mostly adding notes or small focused edits, rather than writing entire files from scratch.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#8The intersection of people who like vim and ai is basically nil
that is untrue
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#9The intersection of people who like vim and ai is basically nil
Can confirm. Using vim same as always. Do not use any so-called ”AI” whatsoever.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
#10I did a write-up at https://blog.miloslavhomer.cz/vibing-with-french-models-in-n....
It really can be a fancy auto complete, but more agentic usage moved out of the editors (and I think that's a good thing).