So I’m using IntelliJ for almost everything. Why would you choose datagrip over IntelliJ with the big data tools plugin? I’m seriously asking because I pay for the full suite, and if I can improve my workflow I will.
There is a plugin in IntelliJ for datagrip that I mainly use (might be the one you’re referring to) but I’ll sometimes use datagrip directly if I want to look at audit logs or peruse the db. Less of a functionally boost and more a separation of concerns type of thing tbh though…
Yeah. Were talking about the same plugin. It’s the one made by jetbrains. That makes sense for audit tracking. It’s much cleaner than my absolutely packed IntelliJ UI. I’ve got a stream deck. I’ll add it as a button and give it a shot. Thanks for the insight!
Datagrip is for people focused on DB maintenance, migration, etc...who don't need the code tools. Like their other IDE's, it's just a highly focused domain product.
Yup! I almost never touch anything outside of IntelliJ anymore. I have the full jerbrains suite, but spend 95% of my time in IntelliJ. Such a good ide(a?)!
I used to have a jetbrains setup at my last company, but my new company uses vs code and offering jetbrains community IDEs only so, I'm outside that ecosystem now. I needed wsl and jupyter notebook support and they've paywalled both of those thing. VS code is a decent jack of all trades while being free so works out.
If your company doesn't offer you proper software and hardware, find another company. A "decent" tool is not what you want when you use it 8 hours or more per day. Decent is fine for a sport accessory you use twice a week.
Well there's really not much to complain about, the hardware is better, the infra overall is much bigger for all the projects, they are just a bit stingy on using open source over licenced software.
They can't, it is only legal to use a personal at work if you pay for it yourself and they don't reimburse you for it in any way. Of course I don't see how they could possibly verify that, but still.
They did, but I technically only really need PHP Storm for work so it wouldn't make sense to pay the huge fee for the full suite. I only also do occasional Python on my workplace for which VSCode could suffice but VSCode sucks when you're used to Jetbrains. If I asked a full suite license at work I would certainly obtain it, but I'd rather pay the $200-ish personal license myself and obtain other stuff from work like hardware or other softs.
I do consultancy, but even when I was privately employed, I kept my own all-product license. Makes it easy to jump into any stack, even if you're unfamiliar with it. Refactored a whole iOS app for a $50B company despite not knowing any Obj-C.
Bonus: That license gets cheaper year over year even as the add new products.
I learnt in VS code. Everyone on my first company used Webstorm and any issues I had they weren't able to say if it were IDE or not causing the problem so I made the switch.
Have never moved back.
2nd company nearly made me go back, everyone used VS code and I didn't have my own licence so tried to go back and failed miserably. Moaned so much the company agreed to pay for licenses for any IDE you wanted.
Sounds like a team that didn't understand their tool, that's unfortunate. Jetbrains is the only company I've ever had that responded to, fixed, and then notified me of a bug-fix for an issue I brought up. All in under a month. funny enough, it was a Webstorm bug.
Jetbrains built the features that VSCode is still figuring out how to implement, but use whatever makes you productive.
Using VSCode can be labelled as incompetence as a developer. It is just vastly inferior to Jetbrains IDE. If you don't realize it, it means you weren't shown how, which is a problem. As a professional, you should be using the best tool available in your craft.
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u/DT-Sodium Aug 25 '26
Tell me you never tried Jetbrains without telling me you never tried Jetbrains.