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Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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1016 points QuinnyPig | 5 comments | 14 Jul 25 14:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.266s | source
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suralind ◴[14 Jul 25 15:39 UTC] No.44561441[source]▶
Here my problem with this: I don't want to be jumping an editor/IDE every 6 months, learning new key bindings and even more importantly, getting used to a completely new look.

In a space that moves as quickly as "AI" does, it is inevitable that a better and cheaper solution will pop up at some point. We kinda already see it with Cursor and Windsurf. I guess Claude Code is all the rage now and I personally think CLI/TUI is the way to go for anyone that has a similar view.

That said, I'm sure there's a very big user base (probably bigger than terminal group) that will enjoy using this and other GUI apps.

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1. yakattak ◴[14 Jul 25 19:21 UTC] No.44564212[source]▶
All of these agentic IDEs could just be visual studio code plugins. They’re likely not because how do you secure VC funding for a plugin?
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2. umeshunni ◴[14 Jul 25 23:49 UTC] No.44566555[source]▶
More importantly - how do you monetize a plugin?
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3. dcreater ◴[15 Jul 25 06:05 UTC] No.44568280[source]▶
But Continue and a bunch of others literally did that.

The better question is why is there this horrible monoculture in SW startups around raising money through VCs? We need more regular businesses who build something useful and charge a fair price. Period.

4. tacker2000 ◴[15 Jul 25 22:48 UTC] No.44576721[source]▶
There are lots of ecosystems where pro users pay for plugins to get extra features. See the ecommerce domain, jetbrains, even ms teams has plugins that are paid.

VSCode has some popular paid plugins like LSPs or some for git.

I dont see why it wouldnt be possible to monetize a VSCode plugin.

5. jjani ◴[16 Jul 25 13:31 UTC] No.44582152[source]▶
You.. require a subscription. These have existed long before LLM-assisted coding was a thing.