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I don't understand why so many people building agents feel the need to fork and maintain a whole IDE as well
by bloppe 6mo ago
I don't understand why so many people building agents feel the need to fork and maintain a whole IDE as well
- Bnjoroge 6mo agobecause you probably need both if you are doing guided agentic work. IDE gives you the familiar benefits, especially code nav. If you are using background agents or launching agents without reviewing their work, then I guess you dont need an IDE.
- luca-ctx 6mo agoI agree. I don’t think most of these products should be forking and maintaining a whole IDE. That’s also not how I think about ctx. The UI is a workbench around agents, not a replacement for IntelliJ/VS Code. If you need deep code navigation, refactors, debugger-heavy work, etc., the right answer is usually to open the same worktree in your IDE. ctx includes surfaces for diff review and an integrated terminal, but not code editing or a full-fledged IDE. It's not a fork of VSCode.
- bloppe 6mo agoOk that makes more sense
- throwif 6mo ago[flagged]
- zabi_rauf 6mo agoI have the exact same setup and editor for me is just neovim as I can easily see changes (lazygit) and make small tweaks. The only thing I’m missing in my workflow is some isolation for running claude so I can let it go without having to approve tools.
- rane 6mo agoFor a container-based sandbox in tmux, see workmux and its sandboxing feature. The added isolation does come with some friction though, which is kind of by design.