Ben S.

#Microslop sneaked a "C/C++ DevTools" extension into their C/C++ Extension Pack meta-extension for #vscode. It sounds innocuous, but apparently its entire purpose is to connect your projects to #GitHub #Copilot.

I've tried a few other IDEs over the years, but nothing is as good at understanding C/C++ codebases while also having first-class CMake support.

I could try #JetBrains CLion now that it's free for noncommercial use, but they boast about AI right on the main CLion webpage as well.

Mar 17 at 4:03amWeb
Show thread0xCYR1d ago
@HunterZ
While I do wish they were FOSS, I can confirm that the JetBrains AI integrations are heavier in the marketing than in the product. Everything is pretty easy to disable and hide, at least.
Show threadBen S.1d ago
@0xCYR ironically vscode is largely FOSS. I should probably be using vscodium.
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@HunterZ
That's what I use the most myself, it's pretty faithful and I haven't run into many plugin availability issues.