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I did, although a long time ago, so maybe I need to try it again. But it still seems to be stuck in a chat-like interface instead of something tailored to software development. Think IDE but better.
I think Aider is closest to what you want. The chat interface is optimal to me because you often are asking questions and seeking guidance or proposals as you are making actual code changes. On reason I do like it is that its default mode of operation is to make a commit for each change it makes. So it is extremely clear what the AI did vs what you did vs what is a hodge podge of both. As others have mentioned, you c…
So you'd write a function name and then tell it to flesh it out.
function factorial(n) // Implement this. AI!
function factorial(n) {
if (n === 0 || n === 1) {
return 1;
} else {
return n \* factorial(n - 1);
}
}
I'm really curious to try Mistral's vibe, but even though I'm a big fanboi I don't want to be tied to just one model. Aider lets tier your models such that your big, expensive model can do all the thinking and then stuff like code reviews can run through a smaller model. It's a pretty capable tool
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