---
title: "This VS Code AI Coding Assistant Is A Game Changer!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-vs-code-ai-coding-assistant-is-a-game-changer--u9ebhakq5
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNskJAl5dBw
type: video:youtube
source: "codeSTACKr"
published: 2024-06-14T06:59:49.485Z
updated: 2025-07-28T02:21:01.132Z
tags: ["ai", "ai-coding", "devtools", "github", "machine-learning", "vscode"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 426
comments: 54
language: en
---

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# This VS Code AI Coding Assistant Is A Game Changer!

**[codeSTACKr](https://daily.dev/sources/codestackr)** · 14 min read · 426 upvotes · 54 comments

## Summary

✅ Give Codeium a try today: https://codeium.com/?referrer_id=codestackr

Codeium is the best free alternative to GitHub Copilot!
Codeium answers technical questions and writes code directly in your IDE, including VS Code.

In this video, I'll give Codeium a spin and have it help me build a Next.js React app among other things. Let's see how it does.
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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@sumil** · 8 upvotes

> hey guys also look into this https://pieces.app/

**@no898** · 4 upvotes

> i was like oh man another "game changer" -.- then i saw the video and i am going to try it..

**@vamshinenu** · 4 upvotes

> supermaven.com? anyone, its good, and fast as they claim.

**@syedanasfaaiz** · 4 upvotes

> How is codeium v/s Blackbox? which is better currently?

**@buckrussell** · 4 upvotes

> STOP.
> USING.
> THE.
> TERM.
> GAME.
> CHANGER.
>
> please, for the love of *insert deity here*... it's so overused at this point that it's meaningless. i know it's a youtube buzzword but damn is it time for a new one.
>
> some would say, a game changer...

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Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode)

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