Windsurf IDE vs Google Antigravity

So it's the run-up to Christmas and dissertation season has started, so I've been trying to take a step back and enjoy my time off while I have it. While catching up on I'm a Celeb after a lovely day of Christmas tree shopping and decorating the house, I come across an article about Google Antigravity - it's only been available as a public preview since mid-November, so it's still relatively new; but all things considered, the reviews are fantastic.

It has been designed as an 'agent-first' platform, so the AI integration should be at the forefront of the platform - the element that intrigued me is that it sits on top of VS Code (just as the Windsurf IDE does), but it handles the AI in a subtly different way. When you work with the AI, it creates in-depth plans and lists that you can review before implementation, and while it does that, you're still able to write code while the agent plans ahead.

One issue I've found with Windsurf is that it cannot keep track of changes very well. If you request help and it makes a change, that's fine - but the moment you tweak anything, the agent can't follow it unless you ask it to check the code before any follow-up changes. I do understand that requirement but it's easy to forget to prompt it before moving onto the next feature.

I intend on trialing this further and seeing if it holds up to scrutiny - but as it stands right now, I have a new IDE to play with.

Update 08/12: After vibe coding to my heart's content, I can confirm the autocomplete / suggestion functionality is so much faster than with WindSurf. There is one key issue with the tool so far; it defaults to the highest credit plans and eats AI credits - even with the simplest of requests, so unless you subscribe to one of the Google AI plans, you may lose the ability to use AI agent until the reset.