Hacker News with Generative AI: Code Editors

I stopped using AI code editors (lucianonooijen.com)
In late 2022, I used AI tools for the first time, even before the first version of ChatGPT. In 2023, I started using AI-based tools in my development workflow. Initially, I was super impressed with the capabilities of these LLMs. The fact that I could just copy and paste obscure compiler errors along with the C++ source code, and be told where the error is caused felt like magic.

AI, Software Development, Programming, Code Editors

109 points by kiyanwang 23 days ago | 82 comments

Cursor stealthily doubled the price of Claude-3.7-Thinking in a changelog (cursor.com)
We've transitioned to building Cursor on top of a fork of VSCodium, moving away from our previous Codemirror-based approach.

Software, Programming, Pricing, Code Editors

42 points by rvnx 41 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Build AI Rules for Code Editors (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) (pages.dev)
Adjust these rules to match your project's specific needs.

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Code Editors, Programming, Generative AI

9 points by psmyrdek 43 days ago | 2 comments

Llama-VSCode now supports local chat with the project's context (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

AI, Software, Code Editors

3 points by kgwgk 45 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Any editor with semantic, not syntax, highlighting? (ycombinator.com)
I've recently realized that the reason I seem unable to find a satisfactory syntax highlighting strategy, is that I don't really need any help to tell keywords from variables, strings from operators and so on, but rather to catch subtle mistakes like undefined functions or mispelled variable names.

Code Editors, Syntax Highlighting, Software Development

9 points by teo_zero 56 days ago | 7 comments

Leaked Windsurf System Prompt (simonwillison.net)
Leaked Windsurf prompt (via) The Windurf Editor is Codeium's highly regarded entrant into the fork-of-VS-code AI-enhanced IDE model first pioneered by Cursor (and by VS Code itself).

AI, Code Editors, Software, Programming, Leaks

15 points by bobbiechen 59 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: VimLM – A Local, Offline Coding Assistant for Vim (github.com/JosefAlbers)
VimLM is a Vim plugin that provides an LLM-powered assistant for code editing by allowing users to interact with a local LLM model through Vim commands and automatically ingesting code context.

Vim, Code Editors, AI, Software

93 points by JosefAlbers 70 days ago | 18 comments

Zed (Editor) Has Suddenly Become Terrible, IMHO (ycombinator.com)
The code editor, Zed (https://zed.dev) started out as the best thing since the heyday of Sublime Text. Over the past 3 months, it's become the worst piece of software I've ever used.

Code Editors, Software, User Experience, Opinion

10 points by gonational 71 days ago | 15 comments

Zed Edit Predictions Beta (zed.dev)
We're excited to be taking a first step towards a tool that reads your mind.

AI, Code Editors, Beta Releases

27 points by pimeys 77 days ago | 1 comments

Trae: AI Code Editor from ByteDance (trae.ai)
TraeTrae is an adaptive AI IDE that transforms how you work, collaborating with you to run faster.

AI, Code Editors, Software, ByteDance

85 points by gniting 92 days ago | 61 comments

Snyk Security Labs Testing Update: Cursor.com AI Code Editor (snyk.io)
Snyk’s Security Labs team aims to find and help mitigate vulnerabilities in software used by developers around the world, with an overarching goal to improve the state of software security.

Software Security, Code Editors, AI, Testing, Security Research

6 points by ksbrooksjr 101 days ago | 1 comments

Monokai Pro for Jetbrains (monokai.pro)

Code Editors, IDEs, Themes

23 points by monokai_nl 119 days ago | 43 comments

Combobulate: Bulk Editing Tree-sitter Nodes with Multiple Cursors (masteringemacs.org)
I’m sure you’ve found yourself in this situation: you want to edit something, but in multiple places, and at the same time. You’re busy; you don’t want to repeat yourself, and this is the twenty-first century and we do have the technology to do this!

Code Editors, Emacs, Programming, Productivity

4 points by donatzsky 154 days ago | 0 comments

Zed – The Editor for What's Next (zed.dev)
Zed is a next-generation code editor designed for high-performance collaboration with humans and AI.

Code Editors, AI, Collaboration

50 points by 9woc 174 days ago | 52 comments

Notepad++ is 21 years old (learnhub.top)
Alright, folks, gather around because it’s story time about one of the most underrated yet indispensable tools in the digital world—Notepad++. This month marks the 21st anniversary of this amazing software, and that’s right, Notepad++ is finally legal to drink (if it were a person, of course). Can you believe it? 21 years of keeping developers, writers, and pretty much anyone who’s ever needed to write a chunk of text happy and efficient.

Software, Anniversaries, Code Editors

548 points by thunderbong 175 days ago | 247 comments

Visual Studio Code vs. Sublime Text: Which code editor should you use? (infoworld.com)
Do you want a maximum-flexible editor with just the right IDE features, or the fastest and most efficient editor you can find? You can have both.

Code Editors, Software, Programming, Comparison

4 points by thunderbong 180 days ago | 4 comments

Firepad – An embeddable open-source collaborative code and text editor for web (firepad.io)
Real-time collaboration with no server code.

Open Source, Collaboration, Text Editors, Web Development, Code Editors

18 points by bookstore-romeo 195 days ago | 6 comments

Ask HN: Are new AI code editors adding superficial value? (ycombinator.com)
Specifically referring to Cursor and Melt. It seems to be the rage among the bay area AI community but they're basically just VS Code skins. Im pretty happy with VS Code both features-wise and UX, but I think now is the golden opportunity to fundamentally rethink the craft & work of human coding and build a new UI/App from scratch. Including NOT building on Electron..

AI, Software Development, User Interfaces, Code Editors, Programming

26 points by dcreater 208 days ago | 16 comments

Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture (2022) (ghuntley.com)
A couple of moments ago, I finished reading the article by Rob O'Leary about the pervasive data collection done by Visual Studio Code. Now that I'm no longer an employee at Gitpod, I'm finally able to author a blog post freely about something that has been troubling me for quite some time...

Privacy, Software, Code Editors

405 points by ghuntley 208 days ago | 345 comments

Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas (github.com/haystackeditor)
This repository ("Haystack Editor") is where we (Haystack Software) develop the Haystack Editor product together with the community.

Software, YC, Code Editors, Visualizations

328 points by akshaysg 213 days ago | 173 comments

Nova by Panic: Native Mac code editor (nova.app)

Mac, Code Editors, Software, New Releases

121 points by luismedel 214 days ago | 105 comments

Show HN: Void - open source Cursor AI code editor (voideditor.com)
Use AI autocomplete, inline edits, codebase chat, agentic features, and more, in a privacy-first AI IDE.

Open Source, AI, Code Editors, Programming, Software

13 points by andrewpareles 225 days ago | 8 comments

Ask HN: What is your experience with Cursor? (ycombinator.com)
I've seen it brought up quite a few times here in the past few weeks. I'm currently using VSCode + Copilot. Would be great to hear some experiences, even better if you migrated from the stack I am using.

Code Editors, Programming Tools, User Experience, AI Assistants

27 points by aliasxneo 227 days ago | 29 comments

Pragtical: Practical and pragmatic code editor (pragtical.dev)

Code Editors, Software, Programming

255 points by rd07 249 days ago | 106 comments

Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable? (ycombinator.com)

Programming, Tools, Code Editors, IDEs

38 points by ericb 257 days ago | 64 comments

Sublime Text 4180 (sublimetext.com)

New Releases, Software, Code Editors

9 points by sagischwarz 263 days ago | 2 comments

Cursor – The AI Code Editor (cursor.com)