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by impulser_ 510 days ago
The chat UX is definitely better than Cursor. It less janky and I like that it wait until generation is done before asking you if you want to apply the suggested the changes instead of loading them into your file right after like cursor does. Also you can apply at cursor which is nice for snippets.

The Builder tool is probably the best feature of Trae. It builds React UIs better than any tool even v0 which is built for building React UIs. It very good at recreating UI from image even better than using the model directly which I'm not too sure how...

Code completion is probably closer to copilot than cursor so it depends on how hardcore you like your AI code completion. So Cursor might be better especially for repetitive refactoring.

The overall design and feel of Trae is better the VS Code and Cursor, but I'm a big fan of JetBrains and it feel a lot like a JetBrains IDE.
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handfuloflight 510 days ago
Would you choose this over JetBrains?
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impulser_ 510 days ago
No, because I like debuggers but if you don't care about debuggers than I would.

It's basically a better Fleet. In fact, it's if Fleet and VS Code had a baby lol.

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verdverm 510 days ago
Does Jetbrains have a language agnostic IDE? Their page makes it look like you need to pick one specific to a language, but I have repos with multiple languages

Like why does this page even exist? https://www.jetbrains.com/ides/#choose-your-ide

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impulser_ 510 days ago
It's Fleet.

https://www.jetbrains.com/fleet/

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verdverm 510 days ago
much appreciated
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tnt128 510 days ago
Ah. Thx for the break down.
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