JetBrains CEO Transition

So much cynicism here. Many are quick to dismiss Jetbrains and anticipate the worst. Jetbrains doesn't need me to defend them, but what exactly have they done to deserve this pessimism? Changed CEOs and mentioned AI? In my view, Jetbrains has generally been supportive of developers, making good tools at a fair price while sustaining a successful business model.

I am surprised that JetBrains high-ranked people are all fellow programmers, architects etc. This is a breath of fresh air when compared to some other companies where directors and managers are MBA types.

I've been a Jetbrains customer on and off for years. In all of that time - across vast improvements in hardware - ReSharper has been slow. So slow. It doesn't seem to matter how many orders of magnitude faster are the CPUs, how many orders of magnitude increase in RAM. It just never seems to be usably fast in Visual Studio. Unfortunate that they apparently don't care about that, it would otherwise be a very good tool.

Quite a journey:<p>Experience<p>JetBrains<p>22 yrs 4 mos<p>Chief Executive Officer<p>Full-time<p>Jul 2012 - Jan 2024 · 11 yrs 7 mos<p>team lead<p>Jul 2004 - Jun 2012 · 8 yrs<p>Software Engineer<p>Oct 2001 - Jul 2004 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Since they explicitly mention Kotlin, I wonder how it will fare in the future with all the new Java additions. I guess at least it will remain an Android staple.

&lt;3 pycharm.<p>That is all.

I keep wondering, that given the cozy relatioship between JetBrains and Google, when Google will finally acquire them.<p>Even the Kotlin Foundation is basically key people from those two companies.

What background has Kirill Skrygan? His linkedin is not readable for the public.

Any information on the new CEO, Kirill Skrygan?

Really disheartened they feel they need to point out &quot;As we move towards a new era, in which AI is playing a transformative role&quot;. Fully expecting more AI &quot;freemium&quot; garbage to be shoveled into products where I don&#x27;t want it. Again.

oh, oh... open your pockets guys. Here comes again!<p>P.D.: in one year the Community version will be abandoned. Mark my words.

I believe this is the right direction - IDEs must become more intelligent. Are they already (really) intelligent - the answer may vary on your competence (it&#x27;s more useful for beginners) and your expectations.<p>Even as an experienced developer who wants to learn a new framework&#x2F;language, I prefer Copilot + VSCode ($10&#x2F;m) as compared to a paid IDE (~ $10&#x2F;m).<p>JetBrains cannot be the Nokia of IDEs and let the opportunity pass by, they need to play the game and hopefully, they will (as in the past) remain the top choice.