Cursor 3

#1

Post by adamfeldman » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC

Re: Cursor 3

#2

Post by minimaxir » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC

So it has converged to the same UI/UX as the Claude/Codex desktop apps. If that's the case, why use Cursor over those more canonical apps?

Re: Cursor 3

#3

Post by babelfish » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

So it has converged to the same UI/UX as the Claude/Codex desktop apps. If that's the case, why use Cursor over those more canonical apps?

Model independence

Re: Cursor 3

#4

Post by jtrueb » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

So it has converged to the same UI/UX as the Claude/Codex desktop apps. If that's the case, why use Cursor over those more canonical apps?

I kinda quit using it. The tab feature is useful when making minor or mundane changes, but I quite prefer the codex GUI if I am going to be relatively hands off with agents.

Re: Cursor 3

#5

Post by bigyabai » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

babelfish wrote: post #3

minimaxir wrote: post #2

So it has converged to the same UI/UX as the Claude/Codex desktop apps. If that's the case, why use Cursor over those more canonical apps?

Model independence

That gap was closed by opencode months ago.

Re: Cursor 3

#6

Post by davidgomes » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

So it has converged to the same UI/UX as the Claude/Codex desktop apps. If that's the case, why use Cursor over those more canonical apps?

1. Cursor is multi-model, meaning you can use at least a dozen different models.

2. Cursor's UI allows you to edit files, and even have the good old auto-complete when editing code.

3. Cursor's VSCode-based IDE is still around! I still love using it daily.

4. Cursor also has a CLI.

5. Perhaps more importantly, Cursor has a Cloud platform product with automations, extremely long-lived agents and lots of other features to dispatch agents to work on different things at the same time.

Disclaimer: I'm a product engineer at Cursor!

Re: Cursor 3

#7

Post by jFriedensreich » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

Funny how in this space, once a company feels dead, you don’t even check out their release if the video looks decent, it would have to be totally revolutionary.

Re: Cursor 3

#8

Post by babelfish » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #5

babelfish wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Model independence

That gap was closed by opencode months ago.

different products - CLI vs apps

Re: Cursor 3

#9

Post by liuliu » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

So it has converged to the same UI/UX as the Claude/Codex desktop apps. If that's the case, why use Cursor over those more canonical apps?

Brand recognition. Since "model-is-the-service", various previously-interesting companies become thin API resellers and the moat is between "selling a dollar for fifty cents" and Brand awareness.

I am not saying this in bad faith. Model companies cannot penetrate every niche with the same brand recognition as some other companies you would consider as "API resellers" do.

Re: Cursor 3

#10

Post by whicks » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC

This seems like a mix of Claude Code and Superset (https://superset.sh/). Interested to try it out and see how well it performs all the same.