This article hits on a crucial shift. I'd argue the IDE isn't "dead," but rather evolving into the cognitive architecture itself.
I've been exploring this exact concept by building *Antigravity* (an open-source scaffold). Instead of treating the IDE as just a text editor, I use `.cursorrules` to inject the "Context" and "Trust" layers directly into the environment:
1. *Context*: The scaffold manages its own infinite memory via recursive summarization, so the IDE never "forgets".
2. *Trust*: By keeping it zero-dependency (Anti-LangChain), the "Sub-agents" are just transparent Python functions that the developer can fully audit.
It's fascinating to see the theory matching what we are seeing in practice: The IDE is becoming the Agent.
This article hits on a crucial shift. I'd argue the IDE isn't "dead," but rather evolving into the cognitive architecture itself.
I've been exploring this exact concept by building *Antigravity* (an open-source scaffold). Instead of treating the IDE as just a text editor, I use `.cursorrules` to inject the "Context" and "Trust" layers directly into the environment:
1. *Context*: The scaffold manages its own infinite memory via recursive summarization, so the IDE never "forgets". 2. *Trust*: By keeping it zero-dependency (Anti-LangChain), the "Sub-agents" are just transparent Python functions that the developer can fully audit.
It's fascinating to see the theory matching what we are seeing in practice: The IDE is becoming the Agent.
Repo for those interested in this "IDE-Native" approach: https://github.com/study8677/antigravity-workspace-template