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Re: Cursor 3

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Post by causal »

Gimpei wrote: post #169

I used to have a pro-cursor subscription, but it was way too expensive because I'd always hit my limit. I realized I could just use claude code + the free version of cursor for autocomplete and it worked even better. At this point, I'm not understanding the value that cursor is bringing. A souped up claude code? All I have to do is wait a few months and anything useful will be in claude code or codex or whatever.

Yeah, I tried using their Composer model (which I guess is Kimi) and it just feels sub-Sonnet to me. Whereas a Claude Max sub gets me more Opus than I can use in a month.

Which sucks because Cursor is clearly better than Anthropic at building UIs. CC desktop is buggy af.

Codex is nearly Opus level though. Anyone know if OpenAI permits Max subs to be used in Cursor?

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by treetopia »

Devswarm.ai is something worth checking out too. Similar but it has a built in IDE and more tools for multi-agent development. Can manage multiple repos, worktrees and ai agents in one window. They have a free and paid version.

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by coopykins »

The reason I used cursor, other than it being paid by my employer, is that it had a pretty good integration between IDE and the agent workflow.

If I want to mostly direct 1 or more agents I go straight to claude code (codex at home.)

But I still want to have a IDE at the end of the day, I do look and review the code. I still need to direct it to fix some things it doesn't do properly and I dont feel like giving up my understanding of the system I work with (despite what the vibe people say) I don't think it will lead to good outcomes or any benefit in the name of speed.

So for me this direction goes against what I find useful in cursor, and entirely seems to look out for the the 10+ agents crowd. Which makes sense, these are the guys spending +200 $ subscriptions and so on. I'll go back to Zed + CC or Codex.

By the way their new interface looks just like the Codex App.

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by treetopia »

Rover222 wrote: post #387
nu11ptr wrote: post #91

I've been running Claude Code in my Cursor IDE for a while now via extension. I like the setup, and I direct Claude on one task at a time, while still having full access to my code (and nice completions via Cursor). I still spend time tweaking, etc. before committing. I have zero interest in these new "swarms of agents" they are trying to force on us from every direction. I can barely keep straight my code working on…

This flow feels so slow after switching to Conductor and running X number of tasks in separate git workspaces concurrently

Have you tried Devswarm.ai yet? It's similar but can use VS Code workflows.

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by trevordilley »

cedws wrote: post #116
seamossfet wrote: post #11

Man, I wish they'd keep the old philosophy of letting the developer drive and the agent assist. I feel like this design direction is leaning more towards a chat interface as a first class citizen and the code itself as a secondary concern. I really don't like that. Even when I'm using AI agents to write code, I still find myself spending most of my time reading and reasoning about code. Showing me little snippets of…

Yeah, this model where you don't get an editor anymore feels like a step backwards. I don't want to give up LSPs, being able to step into/rename functions and stuff like that. I should still be the one in control of the code - the agent is the assistant, not me. This is why Zed's direction felt pretty strong to me. Unfortunately their agentic features are kind of stagnating and the ACP extensions are riddled with iss…

We're building DevSwarm, and it's aiming to strike the balance between agentic coding in parallel without losing your IDE. Each workspace (worktree) gets a dedicated vscode instance, and in that instance we make it easy to fire up Claude Code, Codex, etc. Would love to hear if it hits the sweet spot we're going for.

edit: https://devswarm.ai

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by ok_dad »

dirtbag__dad wrote: post #265
athoscouto wrote: post #246

Cursor has been my main AI tool for over a year now. I've been trying to use Claude Code seriously for over a month, but every time I do it, I get the impression that it would take me less work to do with Cursor. I'm on the enterprise plan, so it can get pricey. This is why I used to stick mostly to auto mode. Now Composer 2 has taken over as my default model. It is not as intelligent as OpenAI's or Anthropic's flags…

I was a Cursor loyal until I was spending around $2k a week with premium models and my team had a discussion about whether we’d want to use more Cursor over hire another engineer. We unanimously agreed we’d rather hire another team member. I’m more productive than ever but I’m burning out. Anyway, as a result, I switched to Claude Code Max and I am equally as prolific and paying 1/10th the price. I get my cake and to…

There’s a reason it’s 10x cheaper. You’ll be paying the real price after the subsidies end.

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by runarberg »

jimbokun wrote: post #380
runarberg wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Socialism, for one.

You still have many people consuming and not producing, and much fewer people producing. Capitalism or socialism doesn’t change that.

I am sure Malthusians could find similar reasons for why collapse was inevitable as the population grew.

For example I can imagine a young Malthus debating with the elderly Adam Smith, and Smith saying something like: “When societies open up their markets, those big bulk carrying cargo ships will be able to ship the required food to the food scarce areas. And when they do, they will enrich them selves as well as the farmers whom they buy the crops from, as the price of the grain will be much higher in these over-populated regions”.

The young Malthus, however, is not convinced and will reply: „Then the population will still grow, both in that ‘new market’ (as you call it), and among the farmers whom acquire that new wealth; and eventually those farmers will make wars or famine with the neighbors and those merchants over the scars resources. Societal collapse is inevitable.“

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by foresterre »

ronb1964 wrote: post #392

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I am a developer by profession and this is the opposite of what I would want. The code is your ground truth. If all else fails, the code should reasonably be able to tell you why, and by being able to read it, it makes me independent from some closed model.

Re: Cursor 3

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Post by mat_b »

seamossfet wrote: post #11

Man, I wish they'd keep the old philosophy of letting the developer drive and the agent assist. I feel like this design direction is leaning more towards a chat interface as a first class citizen and the code itself as a secondary concern. I really don't like that. Even when I'm using AI agents to write code, I still find myself spending most of my time reading and reasoning about code. Showing me little snippets of…

Exactly how I feel. If I wanted this agent-centric view without being able to easily see the code I would be using Claude Code.

I use Cursor because agents are not ready to be the ones driving. I need to drive. I still need to understand all the code (and easily browse it) and keep a close watch over what the AI is doing.

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