A few conversations with people i trust have convinced me that I should try using AI / LLMs to aid coding. What are some AI/LLM + IDE combinations that people like? (Not even sure that’s the right question) I mostly use python for geosciences (pangeo stack) and data science/stats - ThreadSky

cristiproist.bsky.social • 29 days ago

A few conversations with people i trust have convinced me that I should try using AI / LLMs to aid coding.

What are some AI/LLM + IDE combinations that people like? (Not even sure that’s the right question)

I mostly use python for geosciences (pangeo stack) and data science/stats

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andreasschmittner.bsky.social•28 days ago

ChatGPT is pretty good in python

shfo.bsky.social•28 days ago

I thought VS Code with the Cline plugin using (free) Gemini was okay (although I've heard Claude is better).

shfo.bsky.social•28 days ago

There's also Windsurf or Cursor for a more full, self-contained IDE experience. (Source: I spent an evening reading about vibe coding and playing with Cline.)

flowinguphill.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://Code.ai in ChatGPT not only gave me great suggestions on revising my code, it also asked me about what I was working on and got excited about it.

I’ve used https://Julius.ai to debug code but it introduced some bugs by not fully understanding what the code did.

Both are better than Anaconda’s LLM.

kschwarzwald.bsky.social•28 days ago

I’ve found it most useful to ask ChatGPT for code for specific, discrete tasks that I get stuck on. Keeping it small and discrete means it’s still easy to verify it’s doing what it should be doing. I’ve also found that its descriptions of common functions/packages tends to be pretty good

kschwarzwald.bsky.social•28 days ago

(The scope of the type of tasks I’d ask it to help draft or troubleshoot is not unlike the scope of what I’d write a unit test for in a package, for similar reasons, and that has worked well so far)

kschwarzwald.bsky.social•28 days ago

(Which makes sense, because I _think_ iirc that part of the training set is, like, all of stackexchange or stackoverflow)

kschwarzwald.bsky.social•28 days ago

It’s also been very useful for troubleshooting error messages or performance issues in python. It doesn’t always get the right answer, but in “talking” through it, it often sparks the correct thought, kind of like finding a different but related stackexchange post, but with much less searching

kellyhereid.bsky.social•28 days ago

Agree with this - the small tasks are also a good way to look for ideas for function names.

"I need a function that does XYZ" is a good way to speed up my search for an appropriate tool.

cristiproist.bsky.social•28 days ago

Yes. That is the one thing i’ve already done (just using chatgpt or google colab)

“Generate a 2d gaussian process with an exponential kernel” saves me 15-20 minutes of google and documentation searching

chris.withers.org•28 days ago

aider or claude code both worth a spin. Cursor if you like vscode, junie if you like jetbrains

hardxcoded.bsky.social•28 days ago

one single stop shop is claude code, i did not touch chatgpt for months now for coding, connect your mcp github to claude and other tools and your good to go; one thing to remember though if you are going full vibe coding it is going to get expensive fast, but otherwise I really like this combo

kuchaale.bsky.social•28 days ago

If you are a JupyterLab user: https://blog.jupyter.org/introducing-notebook-intelligence-3648c306b91a

delta18o.bsky.social•28 days ago

VS code with GitHub copilot is pretty useful and free education option. Google colab is useful for small things for teaching or to share with folks who aren't coding. There are some fast app building things that are commercial.

tayloreric.dev•28 days ago

I use VS Code w/Copilot. The chatbot is good too. There's a preview feature that lets you see what the code would look like without modifying it.

scottlindsey.bsky.social•28 days ago

Lots of good answers here — I would add ChatGPT for conversation and canvas, and Copilot + your favorite editor for day to day coding.

I hope you’ll update us with your findings!

jdossgollin.bsky.social•28 days ago

VS code was already the best default editor. As an academic copilot is free. Useful when used thoughtfully

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