Stop Writing Code. Start Managing Agents. (A VSCode vs. Antigravity Story)

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Coding in VSCode vs. Google Antigravity: A Developer's Honest Take Two editors. Two philosophies. One very opinionated comparison. So you've heard the buzz about Google Antigravity. Maybe you saw the announcement drop alongside Gemini 3 in November 2025 and thought, "Should I actually switch from my trusty VSCode setup?" I had the same thought. Then I spent a few weeks using both - seriously, back to back, on real projects - and here's what I found. Spoiler: this isn't a simple "X is better" post. It's complicated than that. And honestly, interesting.