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So that VS Code doesn't need to have all of the different languages built into VS Code, but rather you can use the existing compiler infrastructure.

It's for linting. It's for going to definition and for like seeing the right types that you're using.

It's for linting. It's for going to definition and for like seeing the right types that you're using.

It's for linting. It's for going to definition and for like seeing the right types that you're using.

Yes, type checking and going to references. And that's like, when you're working in a big project, you kind of need that. If you don't have that, it's like really hard to code in a big project.

Yes, type checking and going to references. And that's like, when you're working in a big project, you kind of need that. If you don't have that, it's like really hard to code in a big project.

Yes, type checking and going to references. And that's like, when you're working in a big project, you kind of need that. If you don't have that, it's like really hard to code in a big project.

So it's being used in Cursor to show to the programmer, just like in VS Code. But then the idea is you want to show that same information to the models, the IOM models. And you want to do that in a way that doesn't affect the user because you want to do it in background. And so the idea behind the shadow workspace was, okay, like one way we can do this is

So it's being used in Cursor to show to the programmer, just like in VS Code. But then the idea is you want to show that same information to the models, the IOM models. And you want to do that in a way that doesn't affect the user because you want to do it in background. And so the idea behind the shadow workspace was, okay, like one way we can do this is

So it's being used in Cursor to show to the programmer, just like in VS Code. But then the idea is you want to show that same information to the models, the IOM models. And you want to do that in a way that doesn't affect the user because you want to do it in background. And so the idea behind the shadow workspace was, okay, like one way we can do this is

we spawn a separate window of Cursor that's hidden. And so you can set this flag and Electron is hidden. There is a window, but you don't actually see it. And inside of this window, the AI agents can modify code however they want, as long as they don't save it because it's still the same folder, and then can get feedback from the linters and go to definition and iterate on their code.

we spawn a separate window of Cursor that's hidden. And so you can set this flag and Electron is hidden. There is a window, but you don't actually see it. And inside of this window, the AI agents can modify code however they want, as long as they don't save it because it's still the same folder, and then can get feedback from the linters and go to definition and iterate on their code.

we spawn a separate window of Cursor that's hidden. And so you can set this flag and Electron is hidden. There is a window, but you don't actually see it. And inside of this window, the AI agents can modify code however they want, as long as they don't save it because it's still the same folder, and then can get feedback from the linters and go to definition and iterate on their code.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So that's the eventual version. Okay. That's what you want. And a lot of the blog post is actually about how do you make that happen? Because it's a little bit tricky. You want it to be on the user's machine so that it exactly mirrors the user's environment. And then on Linux, you can do this cool thing where you can actually mirror the file system and have the...

So that's the eventual version. Okay. That's what you want. And a lot of the blog post is actually about how do you make that happen? Because it's a little bit tricky. You want it to be on the user's machine so that it exactly mirrors the user's environment. And then on Linux, you can do this cool thing where you can actually mirror the file system and have the...

So that's the eventual version. Okay. That's what you want. And a lot of the blog post is actually about how do you make that happen? Because it's a little bit tricky. You want it to be on the user's machine so that it exactly mirrors the user's environment. And then on Linux, you can do this cool thing where you can actually mirror the file system and have the...

AI make changes to the files and it thinks that it's operating on the file level, but actually that's stored in memory and you can create this kernel extension to make it work. Whereas on Mac and Windows it's a little bit more difficult, but it's a fun technical problem so that's why.