This is why I uninstalled Cursor and moving to the terminal with Claude Code. I felt I had more control to reduce the noise from LLMs. Before, I noticed that some hours were just wasted looking at the model output and iterating.
Not sure if I improved using agents over time, or just having it in a separate window forces you to use them only when you need. Having it in the IDE seems the "natural" way to start something and now you are trapped in a conversation with the LLM.
Now, my setup is:
- VSCode (without copilot) / Helix
- Claude (active coding)
- Rover (background agent coding). Note I'm a Rover developer
Why Helix specifically, besides the fact that it’s cool? I’m looking for a reason to try it, but the value props seem really far down the list of usability issues that are important to me.
Not sure if I improved using agents over time, or just having it in a separate window forces you to use them only when you need. Having it in the IDE seems the "natural" way to start something and now you are trapped in a conversation with the LLM.
Now, my setup is:
- VSCode (without copilot) / Helix
- Claude (active coding)
- Rover (background agent coding). Note I'm a Rover developer
And I feel more productive and less exhausted.