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MixedCursor · 8 Jun 2024

For my other code bases I find that the amount of time it saves is definitely nice but only barely worth paying another SaaS subscription for

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In the thread “LSP-AI: open-source language server serving as back end for AI code assistance”, replying to this comment

Helped: Providing autocompletion and suggestions in an unfamiliar Ruby codebase.

Got in the way: The time saved was not enough to justify the subscription fee.

… It's definitely useful for this use case and so I can see the appeal for junior developers. For my other code bases I find that the amount of time it saves is definitely nice but only barely worth paying another SaaS subscription for. And so I'm happy to just wait for Jetbrains and Microsoft to roll this into the existing products for free.