zilli Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Hey guys — maybe you can shed some light here. I'm an old-school wannabe coder. My setup has been the same for years: Linux, PHP built-in server, and Sublime Text 4. It works flawlessly, and I'd prefer not to change it 🙂. Recently I've been experimenting with AI and I can clearly see how powerful and productive it can be. The thing is, I always use the web UI, regardless of the model. My workflow is usually: Use code2prompt.dev to package my code Upload it to the AI agent Start prompting This works reasonably well for me, but I often hit usage limits. From what I've seen, most people using code agents seem to have very different workflows (often involving Node.js tools, which I'm really not into 😞). So I'm curious: did you have to significantly change your development workflow to get good results from AI models? Or is anyone using something closer to a traditional setup like mine?
wbmnfktr Posted March 7 Posted March 7 The closest to a traditional setup for me would probably be: VS Code (or any fork or the Codium version) plus one of these extensions: Kilo Code, RooCode or Cline Coding Plan from either Z.AI or MiniMax.io VS Code an be installed almost everywhere without adding Node.js or other packages. The extensions can be installed from within VS Code but as they are quite similar, you should probably test them all. I kept Kilo Code as it felt to be the most stable and reliable one. Also Kilo Code offers additional features but only when using their subscription, for daily usage you can bring your own API keys and use those. 1
Peter Knight Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, ryan said: @Peter Knight is that a C2 BikeErg? That's the one. You know it well ? Unfortunately, the gym here only has 1 of them. It's certainly the only cycling machine I know of that pumps out km and processwire code at the same time. Well, AI agents do at least.
Peter Knight Posted March 7 Posted March 7 3 hours ago, zilli said: Hey guys — maybe you can shed some light here. I'm an old-school wannabe coder. My setup has been the same for years: Linux, PHP built-in server, and Sublime Text 4. I really like Sublime text. Slightly OT but have you tried Nova by Panic? I really like it and the built in remote server configuration: https://help.nova.app/remote-files/publishing/
Peter Knight Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Hey, if anyone is using Cursor for AI development, I just added some interesting functionality to the MCP module, including full 360 local/remote sync. 2
Peter Knight Posted March 8 Posted March 8 5 minutes ago, Peter Knight said: Hey, if anyone is using Cursor for AI development, I just added some interesting functionality to the MCP module, including full 360 local/remote sync. And I created an almost identical blog post about the module using the module, without opening the CMS admin once. That's the demo/use case right there. 2
gebeer Posted March 11 Posted March 11 On 3/8/2026 at 11:36 PM, Peter Knight said: Hey, if anyone is using Cursor for AI development, I just added some interesting functionality to the MCP module, including full 360 local/remote sync. Awesome! MCP should work with Claude Code, Codex, OPenCode, Pi, Windsurf etc also, no?
Peter Knight Posted March 11 Posted March 11 26 minutes ago, gebeer said: Awesome! MCP should work with Claude Code, Codex, OPenCode, Pi, Windsurf etc also, no? From what I know about MCP, it should, but I only use Cursor, so I can't confirm. 1
ai_slop Posted March 11 Posted March 11 @wbmnfktr MiniMax looks interesting. How does it compare to something like Claude? If I'm not mistaken, you or another member on here mentioned Kimi Code on here recently... Curious if there are any useful alternatives to Claude. When I last tried it I hit usage limits rather quickly. I'm wondering if there's any easy way of giving AI an awareness of a ProcessWire site's template structure and fields when working with them? Are MCP's capable of that or is it more of a knowledgebase type thing? (noob alert🚨)
szabesz Posted March 12 Posted March 12 6 hours ago, ai_slop said: I'm wondering if there's any easy way of giving AI an awareness of a ProcessWire site's template structure and fields when working with them? Also see: https://processwire.com/talk/topic/31761-developing-while-biking/#findComment-252011 1
ai_slop Posted March 12 Posted March 12 7 hours ago, szabesz said: Also see: https://processwire.com/talk/topic/31761-developing-while-biking/#findComment-252011 Ah excellent, thanks 🙂 Exactly what I was looking for. 1
gebeer Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago 9 minutes ago, adrian said: Haha, this was recommended to me by the YT algo today. Live would be so easy if 4 plugins could solve every problem. Unfortunately things are way more complex than this. But there's some nice tips in there for people who get started with claude code. The superpowers plugin is good. I sometimes use it for implementation of bigger features.
szabesz Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago As for specs driven development, yesterday I watched this: And started to dive into it using my cheap but pretty good z.ai yearly subscription.
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