VS Code forks are facing a grim future(blog.kilocode.ai)
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VS Code forks are facing a grim future
https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/vs-code-forks-are-facing-a-grim
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Microsoft is such an evil corporation. DId we not learn our lesson with these guys given the IE debacle?
This time it's different, that phrase uttered by so many every time it is not different.
They are an abomination to the industry
I love VS Code and used it for years until recently switching to Cursor. But let's be honest -- neither product really has an attractive interface. VS Code feels like it was put together out of building blocks rather than designed as a whole, and that's because it was.
That plug-in nature is great but isn't the key thing that agentic devs need. Someone will make an IDE from the ground up that is optimized for working with agents rather than files and folders and lines of code. Those will need to move to the background in the new paradigm.