Copilot vs Windsurf: Which AI Coding Assistant Handles Multi-File Refactoring Without Losing Context?
Developers lose code context when refactoring across multiple files, causing type mismatches, broken function signatures, and inconsistent implementations. AI coding assistants solve this problem through different architectural approaches. GitHub Copilot operates as an autocomplete plugin for VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim at $10 per month. Windsurf functions as a standalone AI-native IDE with Cascade autonomous…