My favorite alternative to VS Code isn’t Cursor or Claude Code: it’s something way cooler and productive

Google Antigravity 2.0 is a standalone desktop application that moves away from the traditional IDE model entirely, using a team of AI agents with background sandboxes and scheduled tasks. Powered by Gemini 3.5, it lets developers describe what they want in natural language, review generated code inline, and automate tasks via slash commands like /goal, /browser, and /schedule. The author argues this agent-centric platform represents the future of software engineering, surpassing tools like Cursor and Claude Code in productivity.