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OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google

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757 points rcchen | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.336s | source
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submeta ◴[11 Jul 25 22:54 UTC] No.44537605[source]▶
I went from Emacs to VS Code, then to Cursor, next to Claude Code, which is so good that I feel like I am having half a dozen junior devs at my fingertips, 24/7.

Since Claude Code is cli based, I reviewed my cli toolset: Migrated from iTerm2 to Ghostty and Tmux, from Cursor to NeoVim (my God is it good!).

Just had a 14h workday with this tooling. It’s so good that I complete the work of weeks and months within days! Absolutely beast.

At this point I am thinking IDEs do not reflect the changing reality of software development. They are designed for navigating project folders, writing / changing files. But I don’t review files that much anymore. I rather write prompts, watch Claude Code create a plan, implement it, even write meaningful commit messages.

Yes I can navigate the project with neovim, yes I can make commits in git and in lazygit, but my task is best spent in designing, planning, prompting, reviewing and testing.

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imiric ◴[12 Jul 25 00:34 UTC] No.44538227[source]▶
I'm curious to see what you've built with all that extra productivity.
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forrestthewoods ◴[12 Jul 25 02:57 UTC] No.44538925[source]▶
No one ever shares their great and shipped products. AI built slop is for generating hype not revenue or users.
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1. imiric ◴[12 Jul 25 06:38 UTC] No.44539867[source]▶
That's not always the case.

AI is often used to pump out sites and apps that scam users, SEO spam, etc. So there is definitely a revenue stream that makes scammers and grifters excited for AI. These tools have increased the scope and reach of their scams, and provide a huge boost to their productivity.

That's partly why I'm curious about OP's work. Nobody who's using these tools while following best software engineering practices would claim that they're making them that much more productive. Reviewing the generated code and fixing issues counteracts whatever time is saved by generating code. But if they're vibe coding and don't even look at the code...