I've used auto-complete back in 2022-2024 or so and really liked it. At one point, had to code offline and realized the speed up was mostly just a placebo in terms of productivity. I don't expect for auto-complete to have changed much, but since I don't delegate large tasks to agents, I've thought of trying it out again.
I get what you mean. I don't think autocomplete has changed radically either, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
What autocomplete/editor were you using when you felt the productivity gain was mostly a placebo? I've mostly used it in VS Code and a bit in Antigravity.
I don't find myself needing to open a code editor anymore. I ask agents to code and review using some custom review tooling I had agents build. I bother less and less about code details.
Interesting, I've had almost the opposite experience. I ended up going back to a code editor because CLI agents tend to scatter my attention quite a bit, especially when working on apps with lots of different flows. I prefer a more controlled and focused environment.
Do you also delegate small changes to agents, or do you still make those manually?
I miss autocomplete; it was really fun a couple of years ago.
What I'd really like is an autocomplete (or pseudo code to language-of-choice) interface, with my agent continually adding the interactions to its context, so that I can chat with it about high-level project goals as the code matures.
i haven't looked at code in months
I've used auto-complete back in 2022-2024 or so and really liked it. At one point, had to code offline and realized the speed up was mostly just a placebo in terms of productivity. I don't expect for auto-complete to have changed much, but since I don't delegate large tasks to agents, I've thought of trying it out again.
I get what you mean. I don't think autocomplete has changed radically either, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
What autocomplete/editor were you using when you felt the productivity gain was mostly a placebo? I've mostly used it in VS Code and a bit in Antigravity.
I don't find myself needing to open a code editor anymore. I ask agents to code and review using some custom review tooling I had agents build. I bother less and less about code details.
Interesting, I've had almost the opposite experience. I ended up going back to a code editor because CLI agents tend to scatter my attention quite a bit, especially when working on apps with lots of different flows. I prefer a more controlled and focused environment.
Do you also delegate small changes to agents, or do you still make those manually?
I miss autocomplete; it was really fun a couple of years ago.
What I'd really like is an autocomplete (or pseudo code to language-of-choice) interface, with my agent continually adding the interactions to its context, so that I can chat with it about high-level project goals as the code matures.