Do AI Agents Still Need an IDE? I Tested It
Give your AI agent the same tools you use. Try JetBrains IDEs free 👉 https://jb.gg/IDEs-JetBrains 📖 Why we still need an IDE (JetBrains blog): https://jb.gg/6d1jwb Some developers say AI killed the IDE. The agent writes the code and runs the tests, so why not just live in the terminal? On small projects that works fine. But in the terminal your agent is mostly coding blind: it searches through text and hopes it lands on the right thing. Your IDE actually understands the code. So I tested what happens when the agent gets the same tools you do, first on a small Python project and then on a real production codebase of about 220,000 lines. 🧠 Want to LEARN how to build AI agents that actually get things done? Start here: https://aiagentbuilders.co/pro 🎞 Video Resources 🎞 JetBrains IDEs: https://jb.gg/IDEs-JetBrains Blog post – Why We Still Need an IDE: https://jb.gg/6d1jwb 🚀 Tools I Use (10% off with code techwithtim) OpenClaw setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim VPS setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim10 Wispr Flow (best AI dictation): https://ref.wisprflow.ai/TechWithTim-nov26 ⏳ Timestamps ⏳ 00:00 | Overview 00:29 | The Experiment 01:14 | Arguments Against an IDE 02:15 | What an IDE Knows 04:43 | Giving your Agent an IDE 07:47 | Why You Need an IDE 09:49 | Production Demo 14:21 | The Human Review Layer Hashtags #JetBrains #PyCharm #ClaudeCode UAE Media License Number: 3635141
