A defense of the IDE as the central hub of agentic AI development workflows, arguing that terminals, CLIs, and cloud agents are extensions rather than replacements. The post outlines Kilo's approach: a VS Code extension rebuilt around agent orchestration, parallel agent execution across worktrees, cross-interface session continuity, a 24/7 background agent (KiloClaw), and model-agnostic pay-per-token pricing. The core argument is that reducing friction across every developer surface — not picking one winning interface — is the real product challenge in AI-assisted development.
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There’s still a lot of innovation left in the editorThe IDE is the seed of a larger networkFriction is a product disciplineThe end-to-end platform is the answerSort: