--- title: "Agentic coding ruined normal IDEs like VS Code, Zed, and PyCharm for me, and I don’t think I can go back" url: https://daily.dev/posts/agentic-coding-ruined-normal-ides-like-vs-code-zed-and-pycharm-for-me-and-i-don-t-think-i-can-go--x3rtje870 source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/agentic-coding-ruined-normal-ides-like-vs-code-zed-pycharm type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-10T11:32:11.940Z updated: 2026-06-10T11:32:37.343Z tags: ["vscode", "ai-coding"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 35 comments: 13 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Agentic coding ruined normal IDEs like VS Code, Zed, and PyCharm for me, and I don’t think I can go back **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 35 upvotes · 13 comments ## Summary A developer shares how agentic coding tools have permanently changed their expectations of IDEs. After years of incremental improvements like faster syntax highlighting and AI autocomplete, experiencing a true agentic workflow — where the AI autonomously plans tasks, navigates multiple modules, handles dependency errors, and reruns tests without human intervention — made traditional IDEs like VS Code, Zed, and PyCharm feel fundamentally broken. The key difference is that legacy IDEs treat AI as a guest extension requiring manual copy-paste loops, while agent-first tools like Google Antigravity integrate terminal, browser, and file management into a single execution loop. The author argues we are entering a post-text-editor era where the next-gen IDE wins by acting as a native peer, not by offering marginally better syntax highlighting. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kibongo** · 10 upvotes > Nowadays, coding everything without AI assistance feels like stone age. **@andrasbarthazi** · 5 upvotes > Same here. **@miladbn** · 0 upvotes > It’s not necessarily “ruined,” but the old mental model of coding inside an IDE definitely doesn’t match this new workflow anymore. **@reotechio** · 0 upvotes > I don't remember the last time I actually coded, and I've been shipping more and faster than I ever have. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tried agentic coding in Google Antigravity 2.0 for a week, and now standard IDEs feel like typewriters](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-agentic-coding-in-google-antigravity-2-0-for-a-week-and-now-standard-ides-feel-like-typewri-3zfo5obtp) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I tried to go back to “standard” VS Code after a week of agentic coding, and I felt like I was typing in slow motion](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-to-go-back-to-standard-vs-code-after-a-week-of-agentic-coding-and-i-felt-like-i-was-typin-srgewcisx) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google Antigravity isn’t a VS Code killer; it’s a mental shift I wasn’t ready for](https://daily.dev/posts/google-antigravity-isn-t-a-vs-code-killer-it-s-a-mental-shift-i-wasn-t-ready-for-starw4zte) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The IDE Is Losing to the Terminal — Coding Agents Made the Difference](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ide-is-losing-to-the-terminal-coding-agents-made-the-difference-4wqtpmdct) · Medium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/agentic-coding-ruined-normal-ides-like-vs-code-zed-and-pycharm-for-me-and-i-don-t-think-i-can-go--x3rtje870)