Hacker News Reader

Comment by IncreasePosts | Hacker News Reader

I don't understand...let's say I have it build some code for me, am I supposed to copy all those files out to my file system and then test it out? And then if I make changes to the source, I need to copy the source back in to a studio/(or canvas in Gemini)?

View on HN

If you want to go beyond a single one-off script, tou want to use it directly in your repo using the CLI tools or one of the IDE integrations (Copilot, Cursor, Zed, ...)

I've been using the Claudi.ai website for a project and that is pretty much what I do, though I have uploaded all of the source files to Claude so I only need to upload anything that I changed. I don't need to reupload the whole code base each time, of course. Claude provides a zip file of any changed files that I download and copy to my code file system.

When using my usual IDE(clion) i just use their integration https://codeassist.google/ It works fine / about as good as aistudio

I am pretty sure aistudio is for pure vibe coding, so editing and changing code by hand is harder. the case you are mentioning, you should use gemini cli or jules cli. They are far behind Claude Code but it gets the job done.

there is the Gemini CLI, but I am aware of people doing exactly what you’re describing (which I find ridiculous but if it works it works I guess). some people have CLI tools for turning their entire repo into one big Markdown file or similar to copy over

That's me! I used to do it with repomix and turned the whole codebase into a giant xml file. Worked really great, and I have a script that just takes the aistudio output and writes all the generated files.

But, after using Claude Code with Opus 4.5, it's IMHO not worth it anymore. I mean it IS competitive, but the experience of Claude Code is so nice and it slightly edges out Gemini in coding even. If gemini cli were as nice as claude code, I'd have never subscribed to the claude max plan though.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com