I feel like VSCode is falling apart

Not just VSCode, but other pieces of software I always use, not sure if that's related to AI, but this genuinely upsets me.

I would expect things to be better as AI helps accelerate development and bug reports and whatnot, but it looks like the opposite is actually happening... which is concerning.

9 points | by othmanosx 1 day ago

5 comments

  • dhruvkar 4 hours ago
    How does zed.dev compare?

    I don't use vscode because it's always felt heavy on my (older) machine.

    Zed seems to work okay. Curious to know how it compares

  • psyklic 3 hours ago
    I am stuck using an older VSCode. A few versions ago, it stopped connecting to my remote machine.
  • montfort 15 hours ago
    I have a similar impression. I think it's because the workflow isn't fully refined, and the IDE interfaces don't match that undefined flow. These are strange times; for a moment, I felt Antigravity was what I needed, but it was just a stripped-down VSCode. I simply don't understand the new VSCode Agents window. The impact is so vast that many of us are returning to the simplicity and power of the terminal.
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    • jamesli233 13 hours ago
      Antigravity is unstable based on my experience, it is always insisting that I update it, and there are also constantly occurring bugs.
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      • idbnstra 3 hours ago
        yeah, the only reason i keep using it is the free student trial and a second activity bar lol
  • pixel_popping 1 day ago
    The future of VSCode is quite uncertain, as newer "IDEs" are moving-on toward not seeing any code, and soon not even seeing the filetree as we are going toward the path of full automation.

    VSCode might retain old-school developers but it will keep shrinking.

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    • othmanosx 1 day ago
      I kinda got this feeling when I saw that button in the upper right corner, clicking it transforms VSCode from a code editor to a Claude/Codex clone.
  • Yahyaaa 9 hours ago
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