2024: I used to split time between IntelliJ IDEA (10% - for Java) and VSCode (90% - for everything else).

2025: Stopped writing so much Java, so used VSCode exclusively for Python, TS etc, with Claude Code or Cline.

2026: Time is split between Codex App (40%), Claude App (30%) and VSCode with Claude Code (30%).

Some other thoughts:

* Overall I feel like opening an IDE in the traditional sense is coming to an end.

* Tech-stack wise I am much more open to trying out new things than before since LLMs will help with the setup and debugging.

* For small teams like ours, code reviews are the bottleneck, and we constantly have to decide what code we review vs what we don't.

* Building seems easy these days, but (1) so much competition no in every field, (2) much more product polish is expected than before, and (3) most products compete with Claude if they realize this or not.

I was running JetBrains suite since ~2010, but late 2025 I have switched to Helix inside Zellij + Jujutsu instead of git and not really looking back after. Took some getting used to, sometimes I miss the GUI, debugger and some of the more advanced tools, but I generally feel a lot more productive (especially in Nix/Go) with added responsiveness, can easily work on a much bulkier machine over SSH and have a real chance to learn the more universal built-in CLI/TUI tooling.

in the last ~2 years:

VSCode/GH copilot -> windsurf -> Zed/Claude code -> Zed/codex -> Zed/opencode -> Antigravity/opencode

I'm only using antigravity cause they have good limits for now .. (but it we be matter of time before it will go away and then go back to Zed)

When I'm writing my own code, it's Lazarus, based on Free Pascal. Or, the occasional dip into python with IDLE.

When I'm using an LLM to generate technical debt, it's Visual Studio Code and GitHub's AI tool, that I can't remember the name of.

I am still using VSCode. I do have the Claude Code extension, but I don't really use Claude to write code. I mainly use it for code reviews. Since I am a solo developer it is nice to be able to get a second opinion.

I miss spending time on vscode, these days I'm all in on terminal and claude, I've been contemplating slowing down again and going back to writing code not just specs and tests

Tmux … lots of tmux with lots of Claude code sessions

vim

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