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by SkyPuncher 380 days ago
I just run two IDEs.

Cursor is essentially only the wrapper for running agents. I still do my heavy lifting in Jetbrains products.

It actually works out well because I can let Cursor iterate on a task while I review/tweak code.

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Have you tried the Jetbrains agent, I think it’s called Jennie? I am trying it right now and it seems decent enough but I haven’t tried Cursor as I don’t really like vs code.
I tried previous iterations of JetBrain's AI without much love, but need to look at Junie.

Using Windsurf plugins in JB ides has been working for me, albeit not as powerful yet as the Windsurf VS Code fork.

have you compared Windsurf (previously codeium, had to look it up) to Github Copilot agent or ChatGPT? I'm mostly still using ChatGPT's App integration. It can see my currently open files in webstorm and can directly suggest and apply changes from the app. And I find the suggestions better then JetBrain's AI integrations. But curious about Windsurf / CoPilot Agent
Jetbrains Junie is pretty good and comparable to Cursor in my experience. And since it is already included in my Jetbrains license, I have had no need for Cursor.
A bit.

Last time I tried, it didn't support RubyMine (whomp)

Same here, everyday coding in Webstorm, Oh I have a task I can offload to copilot, I open VSCode and let a Github CoPilot Agent do that.

Knowing what tools are better for what really helps.

have you tried the CoPilot agent tab in Github copilot chat in Webstorm? I wonder if/why you find using it through VSCode better in any way then using it directly in WebStorm.
I use the Claude Code plugin in PyCharm in the same way.