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		old_man_cato 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO ... A lot of engineers underestimate the learning curve required to jump from IDE to terminal. Multiple generations of engineers were raised on IDEs. It's really hard to break that mental model.

khurs 24 days ago [–]

Yes.

A simple example is GIT. Many insist on using standalone GUI/IDE panels for a simple fetch/push rather than just using terminal.

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