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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

holy shit! the thing I've been warning developers who promote and use this shitty tool has finally happened.

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if you write fossy software, don't use products made by fossy enemies.

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I think they did a good job of writing a neutral comparison. Based on what it said, I think there's no reason for me to stop using VS Code right now, but I'll keep an eye on Theia and reconsider it my needs change.

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

An AI company not respecting copyright and licensing? I'm shocked.

[–] commander@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I started using Lapce. That or Zed just I installed Lapce first. I still use VS Code at work but personal machines I've moved on

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[–] wkk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

https://open-vsx.org/extension/llvm-vs-code-extensions/vscode-clangd

Maybe not as feature complete but should be a good alternative

[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Does Theia have C/C++ extensions?

[–] MichaelMuse@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

More and more engineers wok with cursor.

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