Google just dropped Antigravity 2.0 and ripped out the VSCode fork. I had been using AG since its early preview because it had extremely generous free Gemini caps within the IDE, all with a VSCode interface. With 2.0, it seems, they just decided to be Claude Code with a Gemini wrapper.
So 2.0 = Claude Code. It has scheduled tasks, connectors, MCP, projects and a primarily chat interface. Guess Google decided Anthropic won and with Codex doing the same, they couldn’t fall behind. They put a CLI behind it, and added projects, worktrees everything in Claude Desktop. And moved the IDE into another product.
It was inevitable because I think Anthropic proved, this interface is the right interface for most people. VSCode was never going to be the UX that my wife uses. Claude Desktop while having its own confusing UX issues, is a understandable means to connect with, and interact with an LLM. So here we are. Microsoft is probably next with Copilot. It’s about time. Copilot is a hot mess. So much so that even Microsoft employees do not want to dogfood it.
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