Vibe Coding: Developer Slot Machines (Cursor, Windsurf)

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 2:18 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #30

bilekas wrote: post #15

This article is really difficult to read or its just me? The breaks with the adds are really distracting and I don't know what the author actually is saying here, that he will try windsurf? Do I need to watch the video?

I had the same thought, basically here's a summary, as far as I can tell: > AIs are sometimes good for code, sometimes not so good. I put some money in but don't know what code will come out, and it's so easy to put more money in. My friend told me to use Windsurf instead of Cursor, and it's easy to switch IDEs, they have no moat. Where's the moat? AFAICT, that's the whole article.

Post by _joel » Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 3:16 PM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #28

Speaking about agentic coding I have a question about Copilot in VSCode. In agent mode (need to enable it manually in settings), did anyone test forcing Copilot to run unit tests after code changes and fix code to pass tests if they break?

Post by hu3 » Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 5:03 PM UTC

_joel wrote: post #33

hu3 wrote: post #28

Speaking about agentic coding I have a question about Copilot in VSCode. In agent mode (need to enable it manually in settings), did anyone test forcing Copilot to run unit tests after code changes and fix code to pass tests if they break?

That's what I do as standard in Windsurf. I set memories for it to run the tests too. That's standard, right?

Post by _joel » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 10:39 AM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #36

_joel wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what I do as standard in Windsurf. I set memories for it to run the tests too. That's standard, right?

How do you solve the risk of AI writting and executing unit tests with something like `rm -rf /` and wiping your files? I'm looking for solutions. Docker looks like one but I like to keep things simple.