Aider
Best when you are still steering.
Aider is strong when you want an interactive terminal session and can steer each edit as it happens.
Alternative
Terminal pair-programming
Aider keeps you close. Ralph Workflow lets the work keep moving.
Aider is strong when you want an interactive terminal session and can steer each edit as it happens. Ralph Workflow fits when the task is clear, the standard matters, and you want a background run with planning, checks, recovery, and a receipt.
Ralph Workflow
Best when the work can run without you.
runs a bounded task unattended and hands back tested evidence instead of a transcript.
Use both
Explore first, delegate second.
Shape uncertainty interactively, then hand Ralph Workflow a brief when the success criteria are checkable.
ralphplan the task from PROMPT.mdbuild in the configured workspacerun verification and fix failuresfinish receipt ready for review