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VSCode rebrands as "The open source AI code editor"

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Re: VSCode rebrands as "The open source AI code editor"

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Post by stefanfisk »

turtleyacht wrote: post #8

AI-code editor or AI code-editor? Future versions may include traversing gigabytes of code, supervising hundreds of agents, and peer-to-peer (P2P) content-addressed caching. Someday, could right-click a dependency and click "Zero dep," and it updates with a library integrated with the app. Stored in the cloud, other users benefit from the same generated output. Apps become instances consuming them, the thinnest crust…

What future versions will most likely include is even more broken basic functionality like tab completion.

Re: VSCode rebrands as "The open source AI code editor"

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Post by api »

I like that Zed has a disable all AI option. I use AI a little but prefer to use terminal based assistants or just cut/paste to a chat.

BTW Zed is great and I subscribed just to support them even though I don’t use their cloud. They should charge for it, even a little bit.

(I might try their AI features again but last time I found them less convenient than the other ways.)

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Post by OptionOfT »

Well, I don't know what to think anymore. I use LLMs in my work, but I'm not comfortable signing my name on something I don't fully stand by (akin to the responsibility of a lawyer's signature).

It's December 27th, 2025 and I'm not supposed to be thinking about my future*. I'm supposed to spend time with my family and enjoy that. Yet here I sit mulching on this.

* I didn't add 'as a Software Engineer', because I wouldn't know as what else.

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Post by hylaride »

bluelightning2k wrote: post #13

Curious what the market share is for vscode Vs its derivatives

I would not be surprised if the market share breakdown is similar to browsers (eg 70+ percent - more if you ignore that safari is the only real option on iOS).

VSCode has slowly been getting more and more bloated, but the alternatives are all very meh or are missing crucial extensions.

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Post by Lio »

This is the bit that gives me pause:

> In certain markets, we use conversation data to train the generative AI models in Copilot, unless you choose to opt-out of such training.

"Build me a SaaS platform exactly like ____"

If agents become as good at long running tasks as we're told they will do by giving Microsoft access to your codebase and inner business processes to give to anyone that wants to the ability to clone your business.

That might end up being inevitable but I see no reason to accelerate that.

Re: VSCode rebrands as "The open source AI code editor"

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Post by f1shy »

bobajeff wrote: post #3

I love vscodium but more and more I worry about how Microsoft is effecting it down stream. To the point where I'm actively looking into making my own editor. I'm putting it off for now but I'll probably start playing around with Theia and Codemirror on the side just in case.

If I have to bet, I will absolutely go for MS enshitifying it beyond reasonable usability, in one way or another, more soon than later.

Making an editor is anice endeavor. But there are plenty of, which are extremely well developed, open source, in many directions, emacs and vim the most prominent. But many others out there.

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