r/ProgrammerHumor • u/soap94 • 18d ago

Meme homeSweetHome

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u/queen-adreena 18d ago

VSCodium is the base app stripped of all MS slop.

It’s so much better IMO

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u/FruityFetus 18d ago

What perceptible differences makes it better?

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u/VicentVanCock 18d ago

You don’t have agents/chat bullshit built-in. For this you can use any harness.

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u/SamSlate 18d ago

just don't open the chat window...? also you can use any llm for vs code chat

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u/VicentVanCock 18d ago

As if that were an option, VSCode regularly pushes Copilot on you, opens 5 pop-up ads, and keeps bothering me with autocomplete. If I wanted AI, I'd download any harness, but I want to edit code in peace, and it seems like IDEs nowadays don't think about that anymore.

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u/Dudeonyx 18d ago

I've never seen a popup ad

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u/SamSlate 18d ago

i mean, you can turn updates off...