Overall, I have never found Copilot or these apps to helpful. I think they can be excellent for some people, but I find myself fighting suggestions and getting distracted instead of focusing on the problem at hand.
Claude Projects I find to be mindblowingly productive, and I have several apps that are >90% written and updated by Claude. I also fine code generation via the raw APIs with both Claude and o1 to be worth the effort, but it's a big lift if you aren't sure what you want.
I liked Windsurf's side panel for prompting though. That's a step in the right direction. I used it to add a new view and it checked the right boxes for a Django project.
Overall, I am a fan of the LLMs powering these tools, but I don't think anyone has nailed the UI. I suspect in five years what that solution should be will be more obvious.
TIL Windsurf. I will give this a look and see.
Overall, I have never found Copilot or these apps to helpful. I think they can be excellent for some people, but I find myself fighting suggestions and getting distracted instead of focusing on the problem at hand.
Claude Projects I find to be mindblowingly productive, and I have several apps that are >90% written and updated by Claude. I also fine code generation via the raw APIs with both Claude and o1 to be worth the effort, but it's a big lift if you aren't sure what you want.
@jefftriplett did you get to try Copilot latest release? They offer the ability to select Claude, o1, etc now
No, not in a while.
I liked Windsurf's side panel for prompting though. That's a step in the right direction. I used it to add a new view and it checked the right boxes for a Django project.
Overall, I am a fan of the LLMs powering these tools, but I don't think anyone has nailed the UI. I suspect in five years what that solution should be will be more obvious.