Please deslopify Xcode

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keerboom OP
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Coding "Intelligence" < Stable IDE

I don't use Code Intelligence. I don't use AI. I can disable it in settings, but the button and the hints are always there. Xcode 27 vs. Xcode 16 feels like a dumbed down code slot machine for minors, not a serious product for serious programmers with it's big shiny buttons and buttons to "Generate", "Start a new Chat", etc.

If you want to make toys for people to pretend like they are making software — fine. But leave the product for actual programmers alone.

I don't want "AI Slop" buttons. I want to write code BY HAND and the IDE to be stable and fast.

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vsmedia OP

We also have no need for AI in our development environment. We are professional software developers, and we do not want to hand over our code to any AI companies. Furthermore, we would like to have Xcode without that rainbow-colored AI button or any other AI stuff.

We had to buy new, expensive MacBooks with M-series processors just to install Xcode 27, even though our Intel MacBooks were still perfectly good. And now we're forced to have that colorful AI button in our faces all the time.

Dear Apple, please remove all AI-related UI elements from Xcode when AI is disabled in the settings.