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Developer favors Claude Code over Antigravity for AI-assisted coding

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A solo SaaS developer has detailed his preferred AI coding tools, emphasizing Claude Code for complex, long-context tasks and dropping Antigravity after a recent redesign. The developer, Ravi, built three production SaaS applications primarily using Claude Code, citing its ability to reason across large codebases. He previously used Antigravity, which offered a fast Gemini integration within a familiar VSCode environment, but found the tool's May 2026 redesign disruptive enough to switch back to Claude Code for most tasks. AI

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Developer favors Claude Code over Antigravity for AI-assisted coding

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