'My favorite IDE? Slack.' — AI coding is turning chat windows into dev environments
IceSolst · x · 2026-08-21
A widely relatable complaint: "What's your favorite IDE? — Slack." The author jokes that GitHub is always down so people are writing code in Slack, calling it a net negative for the tech industry — "we are entering a dark age." Behind the snark is a real trend: as agent coding grows, chat interfaces are replacing traditional IDEs as many developers' main workspace.
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