Ask HN: Cursor vs. Windsurf? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Cursor vs. Windsurf?

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Post by aristofun » Sun, Mar 09, 2025, 12:13 PM UTC

ai_coder42 wrote: post #7

senordevnyc wrote: post #6

I really wish there was something as good as Cursor for Jetbrains.

They did announce Junie. Close enough to cursor i feel. Link: https://www.jetbrains.com/junie/ But, what is stopping you from moving from Jetbrains to Cursor or the likes? AFAIK, most of the functionality can be achieved via plugins / extensions on Cursor. Just Curious.

Because vs code is just far inferior IDE in comparison to jetbrains.

They (ms) went a long way in customization, bells and whistles, but haven’t yet nailed the basics.

Most of really experienced developers i know hate it.

Re: Ask HN: Cursor vs. Windsurf?

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Post by TiredOfLife » Sun, Mar 09, 2025, 2:14 PM UTC

IMHO best feature of these things is the autocomplete. And Windsurf has that feature for free including the Cursor like Tab Tab (supercomplete in Windsurf)

Re: Ask HN: Cursor vs. Windsurf?

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Post by olibaw » Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 7:00 PM UTC

ai_coder42 wrote: post #5

They're all playing a catchup game with each other on features. Some like GH Copilot is really falling behind as of right now. I use cursor because i like how things are set up makes sense to me. My recommendation: Try both. I mean really give them a fair chance, atleast 2 weeks. and see which one you like. Happy coding!

This isn't shockingly original advice, but it did spur me to stop overthinking it and just spend some time with 'em. Tx!