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“One of the most significant steps in our 26-year history”: JetBrains goes big on agentic development — and bets the IDE still matters

JetBrains announced a major push into agentic development, which the company called "one of the most significant steps in our 26-year history," while maintaining that the IDE remains central to software development. The move responds to AI coding agents shifting where development work happens, as developers increasingly delegate tasks from within their tools.

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There’s little question that AI coding agents have changed where software development work happens. Developers can increasingly delegate work from

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