I went looking for an IDE built for coding agents. I stayed with Orca.
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IntelliJ and VS Code weren't designed to drive agents. Zed was, but I was missing everything around the editing. Six weeks with Orca, one worktree per session, scheduled tasks and a home-made plugin to keep an eye on the bill. For years, my IDE was a settled question. IntelliJ at work, VS Code for…
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- 2026-10-15 14:34 · DEV Community — AI
I went looking for an IDE built for coding agents. I stayed with Orca.