May 9 · 1 min read · Last week, I spent three hours refactoring a legacy codebase, and honestly, the AI-assisted friction was driving me up the wall. We’ve reached a point where IDE choices feel like choosing a religion. Everyone is talking about Cursor, but Windsurf has...
Join discussionMay 6 · 5 min read · Originally published at recca0120.github.io You have a bug to fix, tests to write, and a module to refactor. The old way is to do them one at a time, or juggle multiple terminals yourself. JetBrains Air lets you delegate each task to a different AI a...
Join discussionMay 4 · 2 min read · I remember the exact moment I realized my IDE was doing more work than I was. It was 2 AM, I was staring at a recursive function that wasn’t recursing, and the AI assistant in my editor just quietly fixed it. But lately, the conversation has shifted...
Join discussionApr 13 · 6 min read · Last month I spent 2 weeks testing every major AI IDE extension I could find. VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim — you name it, I installed it. The results surprised me. Some tools I expected to love fell flat. Others I ignored turned out to be genuinely use...
Join discussionApr 12 · 13 min read · Cloud Dev Environments Compared: Codespaces vs Gitpod vs CodeSandbox The "works on my machine" era is ending. Cloud development environments (CDEs) have moved from experimental luxury to mainstream infrastructure. Whether you are onboarding a new dev...
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Apr 11 · 13 min read · Cloud Dev Environments Compared: Codespaces vs Gitpod vs CodeSandbox The "works on my machine" era is ending. Cloud development environments (CDEs) have moved from experimental luxury to mainstream infrastructure. Whether you are onboarding a new dev...
Join discussionApr 8 · 4 min read · Slow test suites can severely hinder developer productivity and feedback loops, especially in large Rust workspaces. Waiting minutes for tests to complete after a small change disrupts flow and increa
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Apr 4 · 16 min read · Cursor vs Windsurf vs Zed: The Honest AI IDE Comparison for 2026 The AI IDE market has split into three clear contenders. Cursor bet everything on agent-first development. Windsurf built its own AI models to control the full stack. Zed chose raw perf...
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