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Ask HN: Are you still using AI code autocomplete?

4•jawuilp•4h ago
With all the recent progress in coding assistants, I've been wondering whether AI-powered autocomplete is still an important part of developers' workflows.

I personally never got into the habit of using it very heavily. By the time I started having access to decent AI autocomplete tools, things like Cline and Augment were already around, so I ended up relying more on assistants instead.

That made me curious about how other people use it today.

Do you still use Cursor Tab, Copilot, or something similar?

If you also use coding assistants, do you find yourself using AI autocomplete less, or do the two complement each other?

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xpct•2h ago
I've used auto-complete back in 2022-2024 or so and really liked it. At one point, had to code offline and realized the speed up was mostly just a placebo in terms of productivity. I don't expect for auto-complete to have changed much, but since I don't delegate large tasks to agents, I've thought of trying it out again.
jawuilp•29m ago
I get what you mean. I don't think autocomplete has changed radically either, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

What autocomplete/editor were you using when you felt the productivity gain was mostly a placebo? I've mostly used it in VS Code and a bit in Antigravity.

antoineMoPa•1h ago
I don't find myself needing to open a code editor anymore. I ask agents to code and review using some custom review tooling I had agents build. I bother less and less about code details.
jawuilp•27m ago
Interesting, I've had almost the opposite experience. I ended up going back to a code editor because CLI agents tend to scatter my attention quite a bit, especially when working on apps with lots of different flows. I prefer a more controlled and focused environment.

Do you also delegate small changes to agents, or do you still make those manually?

jMyles•49m ago
I miss autocomplete; it was really fun a couple of years ago.

What I'd really like is an autocomplete (or pseudo code to language-of-choice) interface, with my agent continually adding the interactions to its context, so that I can chat with it about high-level project goals as the code matures.

chronicler•31m ago
i haven't looked at code in months