alt Hacker NewsWhen I use a CLI agent to code, I don't need the IDE for anything.
Think of it more like directing a coworker or subcontractor via text chat. You tell them what you want and get a result, then you test it if it's what you want and give more instructions if needed.
I literally just fixed a maintenance program on my own server while working my $dayjob. ssh to server, start up claude and tell it what's wrong, tab away. Then I came back some time later, read what it had done, tested the script and immediately got a few improvement ideas. Gave them to Claude, tabbed out, etc.
Took me maybe 15 minutes of active work while chatting on Slack and managing my other tasks. I never needed to look at the code at any point. If it works and tests pass, why do I care what it looks like?
I suppose we are working on different problems.
In my own experience I cannot blindly accept code without even looking at it even for a few moments because I've had many situations where the code was simply doing the wrong things... including tests are completely wrong and testing the wrong assumptions.
So yah, even when I review trivial changes I still look at the diff view to see if it makes sense. And IDEs make code review a lot easier than diff.
Btw, this experience is not from lack of trying. We use coding agent extensively (I would assume more than the typical org looking at our bill) and while they are certainly very, very helpful and I cannot describe how much effort they are really saving us, there is absolutely zero chance of pushing something out without reviewing it first - same applies for code written by AI agent or a coworker.