Show HN: I left VSCode to build an IDE to handle many projects/agents workflow

A developer rolled into Show HN with a bold breakup story: they ditched VS Code, the wildly popular coding app, and built Silo, a new tool meant to keep multiple projects running at once without losing your place. The pitch is simple even for non-coders: instead of constantly reopening folders and rebuilding your setup, Silo tries to keep every project, window, and command line alive so you can jump around instantly. It’s also free, open source, and local-only, which is catnip for people who are allergic to subscriptions, accounts, and mysterious data collection.

But the real fireworks came from the comments, where the crowd immediately zoomed past the shiny feature list and straight into the messiest real-world question: what happens when you unleash lots of AI helpers on one code project? One commenter cut right to the nerve with the now-iconic challenge, asking about the “many agents one git repo” problem—translation: if several robot coding assistants all touch the same project, are you building the future or just summoning chaos? That one line basically set the mood: excitement mixed with a heavy dose of show us the receipts skepticism.

Then came the comedy. Another commenter hilariously admitted they first thought the creator had quit the VS Code team itself, before realizing the title only meant they stopped using VS Code. That accidental misread turned into the thread’s best wink: a reminder that in tech, even the headline can start drama. So yes, Silo is selling calmer multitasking—but the crowd seems most entertained by the possibility that managing lots of AI coders may be the new version of herding caffeinated cats.