"Aider felt much more like I was talking to two different tools"
I personally see that as a plus, because other tools are lacking on the tool side. Aider seems to have solid "traditional" engineering behind its tooling.
"constantly having to add files"
That's fair. However, Aider automatically adds files that trigger it via comments and it asks to add the files that are mentioned in the conversation.
"parse the less than ideal console output"
That's fair too. Still, the models aren't there yet, so I value tools that don't hide the potential crap that thee models produce 20-30% of the time.
I personally see that as a plus, because other tools are lacking on the tool side. Aider seems to have solid "traditional" engineering behind its tooling.
"constantly having to add files"
That's fair. However, Aider automatically adds files that trigger it via comments and it asks to add the files that are mentioned in the conversation.
"parse the less than ideal console output"
That's fair too. Still, the models aren't there yet, so I value tools that don't hide the potential crap that thee models produce 20-30% of the time.