@jetbrains is sunsetting the feature I use every day! Code-with-me will be removed, the way to do pair programming for remote teams.
https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/2026/03/sunsetting-code-with-me/
Why does jetbrains keep pushing me away? First forcing their AI, now end of code-with-me. I need to look for an alternative replacement. #php #pairprogramming #remote #ide
This is exactly the reason why “but you can disable the AI features easily” isn’t a valid argument. They moved resources from features that people want to focus on AI bullshit.
I simply canceled my subscription after many years and will be staying on the perpetual fallbavk license of a version before they gave in to the AI craze.
It’s a shame, but itdoes save some money.
@jaapio @jetbrains Oh no, that was the next thing I was going to propose to my team so we can pair better.
Just wondering why the feature is not made available as an open source plugin and let the community take over…
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Very disappointing. It would be nice for them to release even just the server binary so we can self host the handshake/peering/relay part… I guess I’ll have to check out their “Remote Development” plugin/tools to see how exactly they differ. Maybe it’s time to try decompiling the CodeWithMe plugin when they release it to prepare for the full sunset of the tool?
This is a bit bizarre, surely it’s a basically finished product. Shame they won’t just opensource the plugin and relay.
Oh jetbrains… They merged that commit dialog into the sidebar to look like VS code, a move hated BT nearly everybody, and now this.
People use jetbrains because it’s not VS code but they are hellbent on making a clone just in Java. Not the best move.
Honestly, that was a good move. JetBrains used to have many actions as popups that prevent reviewing the source code and the project in general while e.g. figuring out a commit message.
Wat? The popup has code right in the window. If I wanted VSCode, I’d use VSCode and their shitty design.
Yes, but only the diff.
What if my change is one parameter in a function call ? The most meaningful aspect of the change lies in the definition of said function, that may not be part of the diff.
What if my change is related to another commit that I want to reference in my message ? I’d have to close the dialog, copy the commit ID, and reopen the dialog.
For an infinite amount of reasons we rarely foresee, blocking states are never good.
If I wanted VSCode, I’d use VSCode and their shitty design.
Same.
But this one thing isn’t part of said shitty design.
@jaapio @jetbrains vim :)
