I've been a long-time WebStorm user, so when JetBrains quietly dropped Junie AI this spring into my IDE, I was more than ready to give it a try versus my usual mode of cut-n-paste from ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. I’ve been coding in JavaScript/TypeScript for over a decade. While tools like Cursor and Windsurf are getting a lot of hype, I didn’t feel like recreating a whole new DEV experience from what I’m accustomed to with JetBrains Webstorm just to get access to an AI pair programmer. The good news is that Junie AI integrates directly into my existing toolchain and gives me the power of large language models without the friction of switching to a new editor or DEV stack.
After a month of near-daily usage, I’ve come to see Junie not as just another AI code tool but as a legit force multiplier, especially when used the right way. It has its strengths, its blind spots, and its quirks. So let’s break it down the way developers (and Clint Eastwood) like with: the good, the bad, and the ugly, based on the recent substack I posted last week.
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