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We have a real, serious problem when even Google (presumably with a large share of the world's engineering might) is just forking VSCode.
by rglover 11mo ago
We have a real, serious problem when even Google (presumably with a large share of the world's engineering might) is just forking VSCode.
- barbazoo 11mo agoWith every AI VSCode fork we get closer to the bubble popping.
- raincole 11mo agoReusing open-source code is a "real, serious problem" now...?
- parliament32 11mo agoWait till you hear about how much Linux they use.
- mrweasel 11mo agoSomething incredibly weird is going on in the "AI space", everyone seems to believe that they need their own browser and IDE. All of them are just forks of each other, so why aren't they extensions or plugins? I can't really explain what the issue is, I'd assume it's about lock in, but I don't see a VS Code fork or yet another Chromium browser being something that a person couldn't easily replace with another similar fork, but with a different AI. It that the pitch internally? Lock users into a browser or IDE, so they'll be forced to use a certain AI?
- rglover 11mo ago> It that the pitch internally? Lock users into a browser or IDE, so they'll be forced to use a certain AI? Shrugs that's the only reason that makes any sense short of they're just being blindly mimetic (which, let's be honest, isn't outside of the realm of possibility these days).