While I mostly like code completion, LLM assistants have given me quite a few problems with Visual Studio Code. When changing large language model (LLM) extensions for reviews, VS Code almost had a meltdown. So while I wasn’t sure about running a code assistant that didn’t run inside the IDE, at least it wouldn’t have to play nice with VS Code.
Claude Code from Anthropic describes itself as an “agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal.” It reads your project and “streamlines your workflow.” I don’t really know what that…