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"name": "GitHub Copilot",
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"PHP",
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"Best IDE integration (VS Code, JetBrains, etc.)",
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"Less advanced agent mode than Cursor",
"No parallel task execution",
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"yearLaunched": 2021,
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"Cursor",
"Tabnine",
"Amazon CodeWhisperer"
]
}
}