I'm biased (I'm a dev advocate at JetBrains), but I also still actively write code and use PhpStorm almost daily.
Yes, we're writing less code, but the job of "a programmer" has always been about so much more than _writing_ code. It's about code reviews, QA, debugging, discovery, and maintenance; much more than the "writing" part. Anyone with production code will agree, I think: the writing part is the easy part. That's where I still very much prefer a proper IDE over a text editor or terminal. I want easy code navigation, I want proper static analysis without relying or waiting on third party tools, I want a visual overview of changes that happened. I want to stay in charge of whatever is writing my code. On top of that, I want my agents to have access to the tools that have made me the most productive developer for years.
Yes, we're writing less code, but the job of "a programmer" has always been about so much more than _writing_ code. It's about code reviews, QA, debugging, discovery, and maintenance; much more than the "writing" part. Anyone with production code will agree, I think: the writing part is the easy part. That's where I still very much prefer a proper IDE over a text editor or terminal. I want easy code navigation, I want proper static analysis without relying or waiting on third party tools, I want a visual overview of changes that happened. I want to stay in charge of whatever is writing my code. On top of that, I want my agents to have access to the tools that have made me the most productive developer for years.
Curious about your thoughts?