New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: AI-Powered IDEs Streamlining Development–Or Making Us Work Harder?

Ask HN: AI-Powered IDEs Streamlining Development–Or Making Us Work Harder?
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I’m heavily involved with AI across design, coding, research, and content creation, and I use paid plans with tools like Claude, OpenAI Pro, and Gemini. I interact with these systems primarily through a prompt UI—complete with custom system rules and project settings—and I’ve built up a repository of prompts that I continually fine-tune. My workflow is very task-oriented. I often have one AI generate code that another reviews and corrects, which lets me jump into entirely new areas quickly. I’ve also experimented with fully automated, idea-to-production platforms (like v0, Replit, and a few others). However, my experience with those has been mixed—they often end up requiring more manual effort than their vision-driven claims would suggest (though I expect they’ll catch up soon). So, I’m curious: Is it just me, or are these new AI-powered IDEs truly effective? Are you using them exclusively for new projects or also for maintaining existing codebases? And how large are the projects you’re managing to complete fully automated?

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