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SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Re: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Post by infecto »

01100011 wrote: post #421

I stopped using Cursor when I started getting comfortable with Codex/Claude. Cursor is just annoying with the constant popups and it's just not as good. Now my workflow is to use my normal editor, add a todo describing what I want, and then ask Codex+gpt-5.5 to implement it. It absolutely nails it. Using codex is so much more like working with a partner vs the noise and annoyance of Cursor. That said, I think we're i…

I like your take and think the key takeaway is that there is no single answer for everyone. It’s like eMacs vs vim.

My one question is what popups exist in cursor? It is my daily driver and I cannot recall any popups.

Re: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Post by chrisgd »

swatcoder wrote: post #448
Alifatisk wrote: post #422

A space company is buying an IDE for roughly the cost to build 150 of world's most expensive modern hospitals [1]. How is this in SpaceX's interest? Isn't it kinda bizarre that Elon is pivoting SpaceX to something else? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/spacex-spcx-cursor-acquisiti...

With its IPO, SpaceX secured its role as the vehicle for consolidating Musk's vanity businesses into one closely held public organization that can more easily convert publicity into investment and internally reallocate funds and debts based on his personal whims. So yes, SpaceX is pivoting, but it's to no one's surprise.

So buy $TSLA is your recommendation

Re: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Post by yoyohello13 »

PUSH_AX wrote: post #7

In related news, I'm open to suggestions for coding agent harnesses.

Nvim + Claude code. Or zed. Honestly basically every ide is adding agent harness features as their primary focus right now. Just throw a rock and you’ll hit something that will work for you. You can even just use emacs and have ai build harness features for you.

Re: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Post by devops000 »

Alifatisk wrote: post #422

A space company is buying an IDE for roughly the cost to build 150 of world's most expensive modern hospitals [1]. How is this in SpaceX's interest? Isn't it kinda bizarre that Elon is pivoting SpaceX to something else? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/spacex-spcx-cursor-acquisiti...

They are buying it with overvalued stocks, so it isn't real money. Probably the Cursor team will be able to sell it when the SpaceX stocks will be already crashed.

Re: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Post by estetlinus »

frays wrote: post #102

Is anyone on HN still actually using Cursor in 2026? Everyone I've spoken with is now using either Claude Code or Codex (or Copilot because their companies force them to).

I have seen a few codebases lately with AI-bullish teams. Code produced by Cursor reeks of low quality. I’ve tried it but never got hooked.

AFAIK their market is pseudo-technical people who haven’t found the terminal yet.

Re: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

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Post by tommoor »

rcleveng wrote: post #417
aenis wrote: post #13

Out of curiosity, anyone here still using cursor?

Yes, I still use it, although less than I would otherwise. Good: - Composer 2.5 is pretty decent for the quality / price ratio. - Easy to assign an issue to it in Linear (I know Linear just added this natively for linear agent, but it seems rubbish compared to Cursor) - Bugbot actually finds some useful issues (things Claude and Codex will miss) - Using @cursor in github usually works well, and better than @copilot.…

Linear employee here - if you have any specific feedback on our Claude/Codex integration, happy to hear it. Definitely a v1 so expect a number of fast follows up with some of the missing functionality like env customization, secrets, and code signing.

Cheers!

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Alifatisk wrote: post #422

A space company is buying an IDE for roughly the cost to build 150 of world's most expensive modern hospitals [1]. How is this in SpaceX's interest? Isn't it kinda bizarre that Elon is pivoting SpaceX to something else? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/spacex-spcx-cursor-acquisiti...

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