Antigravity 2.0 shipped a redesigned IDE and users are rejecting it. Feedback is overwhelmingly negative, citing bugs, degraded UX, weak model support, and aggressive Gemini token consumption.
The backlash matters because IDE tooling is a trust product. Developers tolerate rough edges in beta, not in a numbered release that regresses core functionality. When an IDE earns the nickname 'takes the IDE out of IDE,' the rebranding has failed on its own terms.
The Pragmatic Engineer piece goes deeper on the specific failure modes and what Antigravity's team is, or is not, doing about them. Worth reading if you ship developer tools or depend on this one.
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