The Pulse: Antigravity 2.0 takes ‘IDE’ out of its new IDE

This article from the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter covers Google's launch of Antigravity 2.0, a major redesign of its flagship AI IDE. The new version splits into two applications: Antigravity IDE (the original) and Antigravity 2.0, which clones Codex's desktop app and replaces the traditional IDE with a conversational, agent-based interface. The author criticizes the upgrade as rushed and confusing, noting issues like automatic updates that replace the IDE version and an unintuitive 'Agent Manager' feature. The article provides a technical critique of the product's direction, user experience, and naming, relevant to software development tools and AI in coding.