Security vet Ptacek: I do code review via chat and voice now — opening VS Code felt alien
nptacek · x · 2026-08-21
Well-known security researcher Thomas Ptacek, continuing the "IDE is Slack" thread, shared first-hand experience:
- He tried similar chat-based coding on Discord; obviously not secure or private, but "seriously nice" — chat plus a mutable deliverable is frictionless compared to traditional IDEs
- He recently opened VS Code just to check a config file and it felt like an alien landscape
- Most of his code review now happens via chat and voice; the traditional IDE isn't even part of the picture anymore
Related event: Developers Debate: Chat Windows Becoming the New IDE(2 posts)→
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