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I was using copilot for a bit but I've been toying around with cursor more recently. Why?
They're getting powerful. I saw a demo of ClaudeDev. The developer of that project has given it a headless browser so that it can screenshot the webpage and get logs from console for debugging.
I tried it with local models, but I think it's meant for Anthropic models.
They really are. They're useless on some of the tough stuff, but so good at boilerplate now.
The one thing they're missing, other than the tough stuff, is conversationally making code architecture/abstraction recommendations. I suspect that will arrive before too long though.
The flow could use some work for sure. I like the diff view and being able to select the chunks I want, but it seems opposed to a chat view. Honestly, the fill in the middle feature is my favorite flow-wise.
I think the best way to interject conversation is likely a chat "notification" as if your friend is watching you code and sends you a tip by DM.
CLIPPY
"It looks like you're fucking up some code. Want help?"
Clippy is mostly fucked because it overlays what you care about afaict. The chat pane/tab/icon should just show an indicator when you have unreads.
do you use an ai coding assistant?