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JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

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Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

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post #17

Happy I never jumped on the JetBrains bandwagon... I was curious about Z̶i̶g̶ Zed, until they too started adding AI garbage. Sad. Luckily, I can be fairly confident that my trusty neovim will never add AI garbage unless I specifically go out of my way to install plug-ins. EDIT: Zed, not Zig

You don't _have_ to use the AI stuff, personally I've disabled all of it because my fan was spinning like crazy. Maybe in a year or two I'll try it again.

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#22

It's pretty surprising that they're willing to charge a flat rate rather than by token, but great news for users. It's inevitable that you get annoyed at AI when it consumes tokens and generates a bad answer, or starts reading files that aren't fully relevant. The flat rate takes away that bad taste. The business modelling behind it must be quite intense, I hope this doesn't blow up in JetBrains' face if Junie's usag…

The tokens are not unlimited though, Pro and Ultimate plan seems to differ essentially on the amount of tokens you get. [1] Anyway I think that for the average developer (i.e. not enterprise customers) this is easier to reason about, so I am fine with that. [1] https://www.jetbrains.com/ai-ides/buy/?section=personal&bill...

It's odd that they don't seem to let you pay for overages, it looks like you are just shit out of luck past a certain point even on the most expensive plan.

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#23
post #17

Happy I never jumped on the JetBrains bandwagon... I was curious about Z̶i̶g̶ Zed, until they too started adding AI garbage. Sad. Luckily, I can be fairly confident that my trusty neovim will never add AI garbage unless I specifically go out of my way to install plug-ins. EDIT: Zed, not Zig

Zig? You mean Zed right?

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#24
post #17

Happy I never jumped on the JetBrains bandwagon... I was curious about Z̶i̶g̶ Zed, until they too started adding AI garbage. Sad. Luckily, I can be fairly confident that my trusty neovim will never add AI garbage unless I specifically go out of my way to install plug-ins. EDIT: Zed, not Zig

just don’t install the plugin

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#25

You can add a .noai file to the root of your project to disable AI support. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/disable-ai-assistant.htm... Errr, that 404s now. I hope the functionality still works. Here's the cached version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250329143832/https://www.jetbr... > Restrict usage of AI Assistant for a project Create an empty file named .noai in the root directory of the project. > When this…

The AI feature is also opt-in, so you have to take steps to enable it. The .noai file is helpful when you have specific projects that need to be excluded from AI tools.

I teach and absolutely must be able to disable AI for my student projects otherwise the students learn very little and are lead down false paths constantly

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#26
post #17

Happy I never jumped on the JetBrains bandwagon... I was curious about Z̶i̶g̶ Zed, until they too started adding AI garbage. Sad. Luckily, I can be fairly confident that my trusty neovim will never add AI garbage unless I specifically go out of my way to install plug-ins. EDIT: Zed, not Zig

Which Zig are you talking about?

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#27
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tokens are not unlimited though, Pro and Ultimate plan seems to differ essentially on the amount of tokens you get. [1] Anyway I think that for the average developer (i.e. not enterprise customers) this is easier to reason about, so I am fine with that. [1] https://www.jetbrains.com/ai-ides/buy/?section=personal&bill...

It's odd that they don't seem to let you pay for overages, it looks like you are just shit out of luck past a certain point even on the most expensive plan.

Also, "no credit system" for resharper and android studio. I am wondering if for the latter Google is footing the bill...

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#28
post #7

> On top of all that, the All Products Pack and dotUltimate subscriptions will now come with AI Pro included. Well, colour me surprised. I've used JetBrains as an an example of a pretty decent company in the past (e.g. the way they remind you your subscription is up for renewal a couple of months in advance, so you have all the time in the world to unsub if you like), but I wasn't expecting them to just add this to t…

you can read this as no-one was buying the addon

they'll eat the cost for a year or two, then bump up the subscription price to pay for it

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#29
post #17

Happy I never jumped on the JetBrains bandwagon... I was curious about Z̶i̶g̶ Zed, until they too started adding AI garbage. Sad. Luckily, I can be fairly confident that my trusty neovim will never add AI garbage unless I specifically go out of my way to install plug-ins. EDIT: Zed, not Zig

You don't _have_ to use the AI stuff, personally I've disabled all of it because my fan was spinning like crazy. Maybe in a year or two I'll try it again.

You're still stuck paying for the garbage regardless, and funding an organization that thinks this is an acceptable business direction.

Re: JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

#30

You can add a .noai file to the root of your project to disable AI support. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/disable-ai-assistant.htm... Errr, that 404s now. I hope the functionality still works. Here's the cached version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250329143832/https://www.jetbr... > Restrict usage of AI Assistant for a project Create an empty file named .noai in the root directory of the project. > When this…

like phones, they will make you take the AI.. it is a collar around your neck!

What? iPhones let you disable all the AI stuff with a single toggle.
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