Hey readers! 👋 The battle of AI terminal agents is heating up with Google’s new Gemini CLI offering a whopping 60 requests per minute for free, potentially disrupting the entire market for paid AI coding assistants. This week we’re diving into the “vibe coding” revolution where developers are guiding AI with high-level intents rather than writing detailed code—it’s not just about being smarter, it’s about being faster too!
This Week’s Highlights 🚀
Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent — Google has introduced an open-source AI terminal agent with impressive free tier limits: 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 daily requests at no charge. Google
Warp: The first agentic development environment — Warp 2.0 launches as the “world’s first Agentic Development Environment” with multi-threaded workflows and inline editing of agent-generated code. Zach Bai
Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents — Cursor’s new web app lets users manage a network of AI coding agents directly from their browsers, with natural language commands and progress monitoring. TechCrunch
Comparing 5 AI Coding Assistants — A comparison of Continue.dev, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Tabnine, and Windsurf, emphasizing that “AI coding tools are like really great interns... but still need supervision.” by DEV Community DEV Community
Continuous AI — GitHub Next introduces “Continuous AI” as a concept for using automated AI to enhance software collaboration, similar to CI/CD principles. Simon Willison
Best AI Code Editors in 2025 — A comprehensive overview of leading AI code editors including VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae, and Zed. *by Builder.io* Builder.io
Coding agents: Augment Code and AI-assisted DevOps — Guy Gur-Ari of Augment Code emphasizes that AI tools aim to enhance productivity rather than replace developers: “We’re not setting out to replace software engineers; we’re setting out to augment them.” SiliconANGLE
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