Serena gives you symbol-level navigation, reading, and editing via tree-sitter. So you're already getting much of what CoderLM offers — plus Serena has editing capabilities(replace symbol body, insert before/after symbol, rename). GitNexus goes further with the graph/impact analysis layer on top.
I personally use Serena and GitNexus.
The case for using both
- GitNexus tells you what to change (impact analysis, dependency maps, blast radius)
- Serena makes the change (symbol-level editing, safe renames)
That's a strong workflow: understand first, then act precisely.
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