Which AI do people use for GWT, and how do you use it?

[Craig Mitchell]

What I've been doing is:

1. Asking ChatGPT when designing, just using it from the browser.
2. Using GitHub Copilot via the IntelliJ plugin when coding.

And I just saw, when the free allocation of copilot responses runs out, you can just go to its chat tab, and tell it to use a different AI:

But maybe there are better AI's or ways to use them?

[Jeff Hill]

I tried ChatGPT and a few others.  For GWT and code, I've had the best experience with Claude Code via the terminal (or WSL for windows).

[Craig Mitchell]

Just tried out Claude Sonnet in IntelliJ.  Seems to do a pretty good job, thanks for the tip!

I'm not sure what the advantage of running from the terminal is.  From the IDE, I just select the class I need help with, and ask the AI directly (or with copilot, it works with you in the actual code in the IDE).  I guess if you wanted it to create a whole new project, then running from a terminal would be good.

[David Nouls]

I’m using the IntelliJ windsurf plugin, with the Claude LLM. It is pretty amazing at what it already can do.

On Oct 8, 2025 at 06:30 +0200, Craig Mitchell <ma...@craig-mitchell.com>, wrote:

What I've been doing is:

1. Asking ChatGPT when designing, just using it from the browser.
2. Using GitHub Copilot via the IntelliJ plugin when coding.

And I just saw, when the free allocation of copilot responses runs out, you can just go to its chat tab, and tell it to use a different AI:

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But maybe there are better AI's or ways to use them?

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[Craig Mitchell]

Windsurf is incredible!  Their SWE-1 model didn't perform very well in my experience, but when switching to a different model, wow!  Just tell it the bug, and it figures out the solution, and updates the code for you.  Very impressed.  Thanks for recommending it!