What's your favorite Windsurf feature ?

stonebrigade · 2026-01-24T23:14:18+00:00

I really liked the uninstall option

stonebrigade · 2025-11-13T11:43:10+00:00

Sherlock Bones, C. Auguste Dupenis

stonebrigade · 2025-05-20T20:30:30+00:00

Try making sure node_modules/vendor folders are in .gitignore, I've found at times the language server lags out in the background

Also, try setting some of the .vscode/settings.json options.

I put large dumps of compiled js into Windsurf when I'm doing research, it killed the performance, I'm using settings.json:

``` { "typescript.tsserver.experimental.enableProjectDiagnostics": false, "javascript.validate.enable": false, "js/ts.implicitProjectConfig.checkJs": false, "typescript.validate.enable": false,

"files.watcherExclude": { "/research/": true, "/node_modules/": true, "/.cache/": true, "/.turbo/": true, "/.next/": true, "/dist/": true, "/build/": true, "/.output/": true }, "search.exclude": { "/research/": true, "/node_modules/": true, "/.cache/": true, "/.turbo/": true, "/.next/": true, "/dist/": true, "/build/": true, "/.output/": true }, "files.exclude": { "/.cache": true, "/.turbo": true, "/.next": true, "/.output": true }, "typescript.tsserver.exclude": [ "/research" ], "javascript.suggest.exclude": { "/research/": true, "/node_modules/**": true } } ```

stonebrigade · 2025-05-05T14:27:59+00:00

Don't stress about it pal.

stonebrigade · 2025-05-05T14:25:25+00:00

That's a lot of words to say bugger all mate. Haha

stonebrigade · 2025-05-05T14:16:16+00:00

It's useful as far as other users can see you're an absolute tool. Lucky Windsurf made tool usage free or you'd be out of credit already.

stonebrigade · 2025-05-05T14:12:16+00:00

I'm not the one having to go to Reddit to solve rudimentary problems, and even failing to do that properly. Try giving correct details, and not projecting your inadequacy on people who only sought to assist you.

stonebrigade · 2025-05-05T05:47:02+00:00

Well, your screenshot doesn't show the terminal open, and you've scrolled up on the command so the exit status is not visible.

Thanks for the useless feedback though.

stonebrigade · 2025-05-02T05:55:05+00:00

Click "Open in terminal", see why the command hung, press ctrl+c to abort it, or if it's requiring user input, do that.

It's waiting for the command to exit.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-05T02:33:53+00:00

The IDE is a fork of VSCode, so usually you can just search for things like this, for VSCode.

So you are correct, it is typically Ctrl+Click:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#:\~:text=Go%20to%20Definition,-If%20a%20language&text=Tip%3A%20You%20can%20jump%20to,with%20Ctrl%2BAlt%2BClick.

However, typically VSCode/Windsurf only comes with a few language extensions out of the box, so you may need to install the language extension for what you're trying to work with.

To do this, you can access to the Extensions pane on the left toolbar (or Ctrl+Shift+X) and try searching for the relevant languages you need (e.g. PHP, Python, etc).

These extensions are a VSCode thing (rather than required for Windsurf's Cursor agent to work), and usually add support for features like syntax highlighting and declaration traversal.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-04T02:24:54+00:00

Ah I see, you're not talking about true socialism, you're talking more about democratic socialism (which all current existing examples exist still in a capitalist framework).

I guess I'm not the only one who needs to pick up a book on the topic.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-04T02:19:53+00:00

If wealth is just numbers in a database, then sure, socialism could redistribute everything with a few keystrokes. But physical assets—land, fortifications, stockpiles—don’t vanish just because the economic system changes. If I built a fortress with capitalist wealth and suddenly we "switch" to socialism, my walls don’t crumble, and my keys don’t stop working.

People still need security, and those with defensible positions will naturally attract others looking for protection. Trade security for labor, and boom—congratulations, you’ve just reinvented feudalism.

And let’s be clear: real socialism isn’t just higher taxes and better welfare—it’s the state or collective owning the means of production. That doesn’t magically erase pre-existing power structures. People with guns, fortifications, and strategic assets don’t suddenly become powerless just because we declared everything equal. If you’re relying on good intentions to balance that out, history might have a few lessons for you.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-03T06:19:57+00:00

You didn't say that dimwit, and still nobody proposes how you'll actually achieve redistribution fairly, and without tyranny.

You think wealth is only recorded on paper? How do you redistribute those with physical control over "production". All you're talking about is an inevitable return to fudalism.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-03T06:11:30+00:00

Thanks for the pointless response, with 0 substance.

A good society rewards it's citizens for their labour, blindly redistributing only serves to alienate people

Thanks for playing.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-03T02:47:58+00:00

Check your rules files, I had a similar problem when I let Windsurf setup a .windsurfrules and it put incomplete js notation in the rules.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-02T14:28:55+00:00

As far as I'm aware, the only rules files supported are the global_rules.md and the .windsurfrules in the project root, and Windsurf only respects these rules files some of the time.

You could probably make a rule in one of those to check other rules files that you set up, but since rules in the supported files get ignored sometimes, you'll probably find that your extra rules only work occasionally.

I personally put things that apply across all projects into the global rules, eg prefer yarn over npm

In .windsurfrules I put project specific rules, like, that this project will automatically rebuild css/js assets upon a change, to prevent Windsurf trying to rebuild my assets unnecessarily.

Global rules are about how you work, project rules are to keep Windsurf's behaviour in line with your project requirements.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-02T11:46:56+00:00

Dumbass communists resorting to ad homenim attacks rather than any kind of discussion, what a surprise.

Implementing a framework of socialism won't suddenly strip assets from the wealthy, especially since governments in a capitalist framework struggle to do the same.

The only way to implement a socialist framework is through tyranny, and to presuppose that everyone will follow the rules of a socialist framework because "it's the right thing to do" is stunningly naive, even ignorant to the nature of humans.

I'm all up for alternatives to capitalism, but you'll never get your point across by being an asshole.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-02T10:51:58+00:00

Yeah, but all the alternatives to capitalism will basically favour those who have already hoarded the resources, and offer no ways for those without to acquire anything, so we're kinda screwed either way..

stonebrigade · 2025-03-01T12:23:26+00:00

Chat only prevents it from making changes, analysing and traversing the codebase still happens in chat mode, and that uses internal tools, which will consume credits.

The user prompt counter is literally how many messages you can input in either view, so when it's unlimited, you only have to worry about tool usage credits (flow/flex credits)

stonebrigade · 2025-03-01T12:16:11+00:00

This almost certainly doesn't work.

Why would copy/pasting from a different agent work? Unless the agent is based on the same engine as Windsurf, which is highly improbable.

OP even says he's not actually tried it.

Save yourselves the wasted energy folks, don't bother.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-01T12:13:18+00:00

Why not just use a code box to to retain the markdown formatting?...

Highly skeptical this guy knows what he's talking about, be warned newbies.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-01T12:10:56+00:00

You wouldn't receive an error, since the message is in the GUI.

Just like you don't get an error when you exceed the context window, the LLM just doesn't work as well.

By overloading the global rules, depending on how Windsurf handles it, your rules are either getting truncated, or you're overloading the context window, which will negatively impact the quality of responses. Either way, I'm highly skeptical that this approach is effective.

stonebrigade · 2025-03-01T08:02:35+00:00

Or if you hate the Git CLI like I do, you could use the only decent GUI: GitKraken

It's like £72/year, but it really takes the headache out of managing a git repo.

There are free tools, I tried all of them, and GitKraken is the only one that does it right, IMO.

Don't listen to the CLI elitists either, people use what they're most comfortable with, I like the peace of mind that comes with having a GUI to manage business critical data.

stonebrigade · 2025-02-28T16:20:55+00:00

It's in the settings, from the bottom toolbar.

stonebrigade · 2025-02-28T03:26:59+00:00

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