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0 pointsspartanatreyu4mo ago0 comments

> Why not change the setting simply?

My default settings are stored in a 11922 line json file.

Am I expected to read that entire file to find the setting I'm after?

Am I expected to do so when I don't know what the setting is called?

The reason you can't simply change the setting is because the setting isn't simple.

It's essentially a hidden setting, cloaked behind an ambiguous name in a user-hostile manner.

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vbezhenar4mo ago

> My default settings are stored in a 11922 line json file.

And I thought my 50 lines settings.json is getting unmanageable and needs some cutting. WoW.

httpsterio4mo ago

I'm guessing the user you're replying to is meaning that the vscode default config file is 11k lines and the AI setting just one of many lines in the file.

I don't think they meant that their own settings are that long, just the default in the app and they're commenting that it's ridiculous to expect a person to find it there.

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sgc4mo ago

It's a tool for programmers. Use google + ctrl+f. Not a hill to die on.

spartanatreyuOP4mo ago

How is googling it meant to work when they keep changing what the AI settings are called each month?

neutronicus4mo ago

LLMs are pretty good at this sort of thing.

I use emacs, so maybe they're better trained on my editor. But I've had a lot of success resolving little annoyances I have just lived with for years talking to Claude in gptel.

I can't get it to do real work for shit, but it's A+ at helping me waste time with yak-shaving. lol

sgc4mo ago

Alternatively, use the single setting that was literally just given to you above. That is pretty much as easy as it gets without resurrecting Clippy to help you figure it out. It's not reasonable to expect a massive bloated gui if people have 10k+ settings they are using.

spartanatreyuOP4mo ago

The problem is that they keep adding new ai "features" all under different names and different settings, then shuffling the settings around.

Having a "master switch" doesn't matter, since their standard operating procedure is to waffle-stomp more "features" into vscode every month that will fall under a different setting and then they'll continue to shuffle them around.

Their indifference towards their own user-hostility with regards to this is the main problem.

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heartbreak4mo ago

> My default settings are stored in a 11922 line json file. Am I expected to read that entire file to find the setting I'm after?

That’s what AI is for. Have it turn itself off.

spartanatreyuOP4mo ago

Ah, but if AI was correct, I wouldn't need to turn it off.

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vbezhenar4mo ago

> My default settings are stored in a 11922 line json file.

And I thought my 50 lines settings.json is getting unmanageable and needs some cutting. WoW.

httpsterio4mo ago

I'm guessing the user you're replying to is meaning that the vscode default config file is 11k lines and the AI setting just one of many lines in the file.

I don't think they meant that their own settings are that long, just the default in the app and they're commenting that it's ridiculous to expect a person to find it there.

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sgc4mo ago

It's a tool for programmers. Use google + ctrl+f. Not a hill to die on.

spartanatreyuOP4mo ago

How is googling it meant to work when they keep changing what the AI settings are called each month?

neutronicus4mo ago

LLMs are pretty good at this sort of thing.

I use emacs, so maybe they're better trained on my editor. But I've had a lot of success resolving little annoyances I have just lived with for years talking to Claude in gptel.

I can't get it to do real work for shit, but it's A+ at helping me waste time with yak-shaving. lol

sgc4mo ago

spartanatreyuOP4mo ago

The problem is that they keep adding new ai "features" all under different names and different settings, then shuffling the settings around.

Their indifference towards their own user-hostility with regards to this is the main problem.

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heartbreak4mo ago

> My default settings are stored in a 11922 line json file. Am I expected to read that entire file to find the setting I'm after?

That’s what AI is for. Have it turn itself off.

spartanatreyuOP4mo ago

Ah, but if AI was correct, I wouldn't need to turn it off.

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