| ▲ | retinaros 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ok but in what way a terminal is a bettter UI than an IDE? I am trying all of them on a weekly basis and windsurf UX seems miles ahead/ more efficient than a terminal. that is also what OAI believes or else they wouldnt try to buy it | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | cube2222 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I like the terminal UX because VS Code (and any forks of it) is not my editor of choice, and swapping around to use an editor just for AI coding is annoying (I was doing that with the Zed Assistant a lot). With Claude Code I can stay in Goland, and have Claude Code in the terminal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | danenania 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
One thing that is clearly better in the terminal is secrets management/environment variables. It's also much easier to control execution in a structured and reliable way in the terminal. Here's an automated debugging use case, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-_76U_nK0Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | renewiltord 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
After I have a session going on, the Claude Code terminal app has been given the permission to do everything I want it to. Then I just let it burn itself out doing whatever. It's a background task. That's the big advantage. I don't baby sit it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ChadMoran 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Not a better UI at all but seems like they're able to then focus on what matters in these early stages and that's quality of output. | |||||||||||||||||||||||