/tags/tooling/ Recent content in Tooling on HomelabPro Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:22:53 +1000 /posts/2026-04-21-claude-vs-github-copilot-in-vscode/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:22:53 +1000 /posts/2026-04-21-claude-vs-github-copilot-in-vscode/ <iframe data-testid="embed-iframe" style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/40jiCFIakTUJxpZAz5UAp1?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe> <p>I&rsquo;ve been asked a few times lately which AI tool I&rsquo;d actually recommend for day-to-day coding work, and honestly the question itself is a bit of a trap. Everyone wants one winner. One tool that does everything, handles every task, earns its subscription fee on its own. And I get it: subscription fatigue is real, and nobody wants to be paying for three things when one should do the job. But the honest answer, at least from where I&rsquo;m sitting, is that Claude and GitHub Copilot inside VS Code are good at genuinely different things, and the friction starts the moment you try to force either one of them to do the whole job.</p>