Ask HN: If building an IDE from scratch, what features would you add? 2 points by rajasimon 1y ago ↗ HN Many IDEs feel bloated or outdated. If you could design one from scratch, what would you keep, drop, or reinvent?
[–] T0V1 1y ago ↗ I'd keep all the features from neovim, remove all the features from every other IDE.
[–] joegibbs 1y ago ↗ Native vector search would be great. I was just thinking today how irritating it is to try to find some specific component in a very large codebase without knowing exactly what it’s called already.
[–] SvenL 1y ago ↗ Great debugging capabilities, time travel debugging, data break points, attach to running processes, remote debugging etc.I think the most important feature for an IDE is debugging - at least this is the feature which separates an ide from just a Text Editor
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 21.7 ms ] threadI think the most important feature for an IDE is debugging - at least this is the feature which separates an ide from just a Text Editor