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That honestly makes me want to check out Helix. I'm so tired of seeing AI get forced into everything that "we won't add that" is a feature to me.


I can understand that, and it's great if it fits your needs. It's annoying when apps that just have to do one thing and do it well instead are focusing on hype features. My recent rant is about Warp terminal that has a "different font size for different tabs" issue open for years, but silently integrated all sorts of AI into the terminal.

And yet, it's hard to ignore the fact that coding practices are undergoing a one-in-a-generation shift, and experienced programmers are benefiting most from it. Many of us had to ditch the comfort of terminal editors and switch to Microsoft's VSCode clones just to have these new incredible powers and productivity boosts.

Having AI code assistants built into the fast terminal editor sounds like a dream. And editors like Helix could totally deliver here if the authors were a bit more open to the idea.




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