Also the config does not seem to have an option to easily disable it from running at startup.
It is such a huge waste of resources.
Why don't they use their rust IDE and write a cross platform updater that is not a hog.............
I'm working on a more secure development workflow.
We developers face growing threats from our software supply chain, confused AI agents, and recruiting scams. It's a matter of time before more & more devs have their laptop and the credentials on them compromised. Worm-able compromise using your creds is coming, and is arguably already here.
Isolating your development environment, including the toolchain, repos, AI harness, and IDE, is where we should all be heading.
Surprisingly this is not the case yet. JetBrains remote dev has the right pieces for it. This screenshot is something I worked on yesterday & today to sandbox my JetBrains IDE and have the IDE connect to a second VM where the project / repos / AI harness / etc. actually live. This is a defense-in-depth approach that I think we should all be considering.
This runs on my MacBook Air (2025) 13 M4 32GB. I'm still cleaning it up a bit, but it looks like a viable approach.
I'm going to investigate some other options for the IDE client and might switch to a Framework 13 Pro w/ Linux, or may continue using MacOS as my daily driver if sandboxing the IDE client doesn't end up being too costly.
Please share your thoughts! How are you keeping your workstation safe from compromised repos, poisoned dependencies, or confused AI agents? How do you want to? What is your workplace doing to solve for this?
My IDE has a glow-up. Yours can too!
In my free time, I built Neon Glow, a free, open-source plugin that adds neon glow to code and JetBrains IDEs UI. ✨🥰
You can keep your favorite theme, font, and layout and adjust the glow to your taste.
Try it in your IDE. I'd love to see your setup!
Search "Neon Glow" in the plugins repository
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/34814-neon-glow
And yes, it's open-source!
https://github.com/hsz/neon-glow
When i open the IDE i getting Rider Not Responding issue, Heap Memory Full isssue, Slow Loading rider become completely unusable, anyone face this same issue and anyone know how to fix this issue?
Let's say you have a monorepo (or another situation where this is helpful) and want to treat individual directories like they're projects in the "Agent Sessions" overview like above.
Just use "File => Open" and open the respective directory. Boom, appears in the Air Alpha window.
Click on a directory and "New Session" opens your agent with the context of the directory (like using double-Ctrl in the Projects window) and its session appears grouped under the directory. (In the example, "adserver_stats" and "dc_data_matching_v2" are actually directories in the "intranetmain" monorepo, but the view treats them like they're independent projects.)
Makes it a lot easier to work with different parts of a monorepo (or just a large repo in general) at the same time. :)
Hey all,
So I missed out on the Pycharm Django sale, is there something similar happening for Black Friday?
Thanks!!
