Comment by cmrdporcupine

Aider hurt my head it did not seem... good. Sorry to say.

If you want open source and want to target something over an API "crush" https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush is excellent

But you should try Claude Code or Codex just to understand them. Can always run them in a container or VM if you fear their idiocy (and it's not a bad idea to fear it)

Like I said sibling, it's not the right modality. Others agree. I'm a good typer and good at writing, so it doesn't bug me too much, but it does too much without asking or working through it. Sometimes this is brilliant. Other times it's like.. c'mon guy, what did you do over there? What Balrog have I disturbed?

It's good to be familiar with these things in any case because they're flooding the industry and you'll be reviewing their code for better or for worse.