Hacker News with Generative AI: Coding Tools

Show HN: Plandex v2 – open source AI coding agent for large projects and tasks (github.com/plandex-ai)
💻  Plandex is a terminal-based AI development tool that can plan and execute large coding tasks that span many steps and touch dozens of files. It can handle up to 2M tokens of context directly (~100k per file), and can index directories with 20M tokens or more using tree-sitter project maps.
Open Source, AI, Coding Tools, Development, Software
255 points by danenania 9 days ago | 81 comments
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Codeium for $3B (techcrunch.com)
Codeium, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant tool Windsurf, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Software, Coding Tools
6 points by spankalee 10 days ago | 0 comments
OpenAI Codex CLI: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal (github.com/openai)
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
OpenAI, Coding Tools, Artificial Intelligence
515 points by mfiguiere 10 days ago | 288 comments
How Cursor (AI IDE) Works (sshh.io)
Understanding how AI coding tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and Copilot function under the hood can greatly enhance your productivity, enabling these tools to work more consistently — especially in larger, complex codebases.
AI, Coding Tools, Productivity, Software Development
120 points by bchelli 40 days ago | 8 comments
Replicating Cursor's Agent Mode with E2B and AgentKit (e2b.dev)
Cursor is one of the fastest-growing AI products, completely changing how developers code. Initially released in November 2024, Cursor Agent mode can now read terminal outputs and lint errors and interact with MCP servers, unleashing a new wave of autonomous coding capabilities.
AI, Software Development, Coding Tools, Automation
36 points by wittydeveloper 59 days ago | 11 comments