Sidenai/sidex: VS Code rebuilt on Tauri. Same architecture, 96% smaller. Early release. (programming.dev)

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Sidenai/sidex: VS Code rebuilt on Tauri. Same architecture, 96% smaller. Early release.
https://github.com/Sidenai/sidex

#foss #OpenSource #Rust @tauri

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[-] vas@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

noticed a twitter/X link at the end
AI slop and overworked developers (see the other threads in this post)

Yeah whatever, I'm not going to spend my time to see which bugs exactly they have all over.

[-] Hexarei@beehaw.org 1 points 16 hours ago

"Build a clean-room implementation of VS code that is the same thing but better by being in rust. Make no mistakes, copy it perfectly" -Some 12 year old to claude

[-] entwine@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

Also, the dev's github profile pic looks like a 12 year old lol

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