A documentary-style oral history of IntelliJ IDEA, told through interviews with JetBrains founders, engineers, and notable users. Covers the IDE's origins as a smarter Java tool, its early competition with Eclipse and Microsoft, the pivotal decision to open-source the Community Edition, the secret 'Project Diamond' collaboration with Google that became Android Studio, the subscription licensing controversy and how JetBrains responded, and reflections on the future of developer tooling in an AI-driven world. Key themes include dogfooding, developer flow, community-driven development, and the difficulty of building great products and companies simultaneously.
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