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Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by MrDresden »

mistrial9 wrote: post #3

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely. JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

Just download it directly from Jetbrains then, this isn't an issue.

Pycharm's archive for instance can be found here https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/other.html

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by dartos »

donmcronald wrote: post #7

I read the ToS when this issue surfaced last month. I think JetBrains tried to do a reasonable job of restricting the use of code by the AI companies. I think the thing they missed is that many of us don’t trust those companies and don’t think AI is going to bring the gains being promised. I personally think we’ll see larger volumes of mediocre junk and fewer amazing, innovative things built by extremely talented exp…

We’ll definitely see more junk, but I doubt we’ll see fewer amazing things

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by acchow »

thegrim000 wrote: post #9
adl wrote: post #2

"Beginning with the Beta version of IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, AI Assistant has been unbundled and is now available as a separate plugin." This was a mayor complaint about a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39238666

Man I hate their licensing system. Now I have to buy an updated license so my fallback version will be at least this new version. So I have to pay for another license to get this fix.

You have a choice between software frozen in time (perpetual fallback license) or continually updated (subscription plan)

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by LandR »

thegrim000 wrote: post #10
mistrial9 wrote: post #3

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely. JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

You can just download the software from their site as an archive with pre-built executables in it and it works just fine on Ubuntu.

Thanks, I had no idea !

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by 0xy »

I tried AI Assistant and it's profoundly bad. The free trial didn't work (server error), so I put in my credit card and paid the extra cost. Same server error. Asked in the Discord and they said it was a known error that you could buy the product and it wouldn't be available 'for a while'???

Come back tomorrow, it works, but barely. It's slow, inserts code in random places that makes no sense, can't answer basic questions about basic functions.

It's useless. There's MVP tier and then there's not even testing whether you can purchase the product.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by flumpcakes »

thegrim000 wrote: post #9
adl wrote: post #2

"Beginning with the Beta version of IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, AI Assistant has been unbundled and is now available as a separate plugin." This was a mayor complaint about a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39238666

Man I hate their licensing system. Now I have to buy an updated license so my fallback version will be at least this new version. So I have to pay for another license to get this fix.

That's exactly how the licensing works.

You get a perpetual license for the version you bought at that point in time as a fall back if you don't renew a subscription which frankly is much more than most offer.

If you're wanting a perpetual license that includes all future updates across all versions then I am afraid that doesn't exist pretty much anywhere. Fruity Loops is the only software I know that is still developed heavily and gets updates in this way.

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