Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

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74 points | by evanklem2004 11 hours ago

16 comments

  • grim_io 11 hours ago
    This might be one of the strangest product video editing decisions I've seen.
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    • leecommamichael 10 hours ago
      Yeah, it has me wondering why this project is trying to entertain me with a video.
    • evanjrowley 11 hours ago
      Has there ever been an IDE demo video with better music?
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  • kylemaxwell 10 hours ago
    Is this just a vibe-coded IDE? The tagline "Modular IDE designed for agentic coding" and description don't really summarize what this does differently, and I'm not looking at a video to figure that out.
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    • zby 10 hours ago
      The video seems to be about mushrooms.
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      • SequoiaHope 37 minutes ago
        Something I’ve realized lately is that AI makes some things so easy (like video generation) that you’re not required to do the hard work of planning and reflection that might occur with a more involved task. We’ve always been susceptible to rushed thinking but AI compounds this significantly.
      • embedding-shape 4 hours ago
        The "have it your way" made me think about hamburgers, can't remember how/why though.
    • cute_boi 8 hours ago
      Yes, 90% of software in HN main page these days are vibe coded slop that no one uses.
    • kordlessagain 9 hours ago
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  • blitzar 10 hours ago
    if someone would give me 60bn to put a chatbox in vscode I would happily do it
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    • ai_slop_hater 4 hours ago
      don't forget to fork and rename a chinese llm
  • avree 10 hours ago
    Like with most full products that are vibecoded, there's very little to no originality in this - just strange packaging of things that already exist.
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    • ch4s3 10 hours ago
      Repackaging of existing concepts is kind of just what a lot of new tech products are, right?
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      • ASalazarMX 10 hours ago
        But the ones that repackage as part of improvement are the ones that usually stick. Repackaging as a lesser product only works if your brand strength is being cheap.
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        • ch4s3 9 hours ago
          no argument there.
  • mccoyb 9 hours ago
    The mushroom product video gave me a good laugh. Thank you!
  • hootz 10 hours ago
    So the defaults are Codex and Claude? I use neither.
  • ricardobeat 6 hours ago
    Product looks awesome, please take the time to write a human-made README.
  • joshka 8 hours ago
    Just show me a screenshot please
  • injidup 10 hours ago
    Ummmmm.

    https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/agents/agents-window

  • theplumber 8 hours ago
    Ok, I am sold on this. I give you 60 billion!
  • devin 10 hours ago
    It would appear that the author of this posted a big pile of AI slop describing project and was heavily downvoted.
  • antonvs 11 hours ago
    > Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

    So, Antigravity 2.0 then?

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    • rzzzt 10 hours ago
      Cursor 3 as well.
    • lostmsu 10 hours ago
      Antigravity 2.0 looks exactly like codexia (as of 0.26, I forked it)
  • at-fates-hands 9 hours ago
    Am I the only one who is getting tired of all the AI stuff in VS Code? I just want to open my ide and not be greeted by a dozen AI prompts begging to have it code something for me.

    Its such a distraction. I want less of this stuff not more of it.

  • prashar32 10 hours ago
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  • evanklem2004 11 hours ago
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