2024: I used to split time between IntelliJ IDEA (10% - for Java) and VSCode (90% - for everything else).

2025: Stopped writing so much Java, so used VSCode exclusively for Python, TS etc, with Claude Code or Cline.

2026: Time is split between Codex App (40%), Claude App (30%) and VSCode with Claude Code (30%).

Some other thoughts:

* Overall I feel like opening an IDE in the traditional sense is coming to an end.

* Tech-stack wise I am much more open to trying out new things than before since LLMs will help with the setup and debugging.

* For small teams like ours, code reviews are the bottleneck, and we constantly have to decide what code we review vs what we don't.

* Building seems easy these days, but (1) so much competition no in every field, (2) much more product polish is expected than before, and (3) most products compete with Claude if they realize this or not.