Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

A new project called Polypore is pitching itself as the anti-chatbox coding app: not just a normal code editor with an artificial intelligence helper slapped on the side, but a whole workspace built around the bot being the main character. It promises movable panels, built-in memory, testing tools, secret protection, and even a way for outside add-ons to plug in. In plain English: it wants to be the control room for people who let AI do a big chunk of the coding.

But the real action was in the comments, where the community instantly turned this launch into a mini roast session. One of the loudest reactions had nothing to do with the software at all and everything to do with the demo video, which one commenter called one of the weirdest editing choices they had ever seen. Ouch. Others went straight for the startup satire, joking that this was basically "Antigravity 2.0" and mocking the now very familiar tech-industry dream of rebranding a chat window as a revolution.

The split was clear: some readers seemed curious about the bigger ambition, while skeptics were deeply unconvinced by the buzzwords. One commenter bluntly asked if this was just a "vibe-coded IDE", basically accusing it of sounding flashy without clearly explaining why it matters. Another claimed the launch post read like a "big pile of AI slop" and noted it was getting heavily downvoted. The funniest jab may have been the one saying that if someone handed them $60 billion to put a chat box in VS Code, they would gladly do it. Translation: the community has heard this pitch before, and they are not handing out trust for free.