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Anything the requires me to use a different IDE is a non-starter for me. I can imagine it is a lot easier to develop these things as a custom version of VSCode
by cirrus3 1y ago
Anything the requires me to use a different IDE is a non-starter for me.
I can imagine it is a lot easier to develop these things as a custom version of VSCode instead of plugins/extensions for a handful of the popular existing IDEs, but is that really a good long term plan? Is the future going to be littered with a bunch of one-off custom IDEs? Does anyone want that future?
- ramesh31 1y ago>Anything the requires me to use a different IDE is a non-starter for me. Windsurf is, ultimately, just an IDE extension. They shipped a forked VSCode with their branding for... some reason. But the extension is available in practically every IDE/editor.
- newlisp 1y agoThe reason for forking is the restrictions of the vscode API, so no, the extensions and the fork are not the same.
- ramesh31 1y agoThe extension seems to provide the exact same functionality, so I'm not sure what's really needed there. In fact, I have had better results with the Jetbrains and Sublime extensions than the Windsurf editor.
- hyperhopper 1y agoYeah, using VSCode is a different IDE Why do you assume everybody uses that? If the product can't be used with the infinitely hackable emacs or vim, that's a shortcoming of the product.
- ako 1y agoIn the end that’s just a business decision: how much revenue can you expect from emacs/vim users versus users that prefer it integrated in an easily installable ide? I would choose to ignore the vim users expecting more revenue from a standalone IDE. You can’t cater for everyone.
- TiredOfLife 1y agoIt has plugins for jetbrains, vim, emacs, sublime