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This sh*t is getting out of hand right now. I deleted my Twitter recently because every tweet would have AI replies. And HN is dying the same fate.
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#412I predict Cursor will be acquired by Anthropic to marry the UI with Claude code.
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#413I'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…
Same setup here. Claude Code in the terminal, one task at a time. The swarm thing never clicked for me. When I'm building I need to hold the full context in my head, and watching the agent work is actually part of that. I catch things I missed in my own prompt while it's thinking. Parallelizing that would just mean reviewing code I have no mental model for. Serial is slower on paper but the code actually works at the end.
I think these products are trying to capture no-coders, which is a recipe for disaster. They're trying to create architectures so people can say "build me X" and the agents perform magic end-to-end, output a hot pile of garbage. The actual value here is taking the finger-to-keyboard burden off the user and abstracting up to architect level. That means you still need to be able to review the goddamn code and offer an opinion on it to end up with something good. AI slop comes from people who don't have the skills and context to offer any valuable opinion or pushback to the AI.
Vanilla CC is the best IMO.
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#414Re: Cursor 3
#415Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
"I have never woodworked a day in my life, with Claude Carpenter I don't have to touch the work at all and can just vaguely ask for things and pray that it does something useful."
If you're inexperienced you have no bookcase at all, going from that to a rickety bookcase is an enormous improvement.
(Perhaps this is why some devs dislike it, perhaps they place the quality of their work very very high)
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#416I'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…
Try Zed instead of VSC. Thank me later.
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#417I'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…
Try Zed instead of VSC. Thank me later.
I did, but having the buttons on the bottom vs the side is a deal breaker for me, esp. since they are VERY tiny on my 4K screen. I can barely even get my mouse over them, and it seems they aren't movable to the left side like VSC? Am I missing something? Hard to believe this shipped, it is unusable for me.
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#418Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are falling behind if you're not pushing yourself to learn and get better orchestrating multiple agents.
Why is it that every legitimate concern or downside pointed out about AI is met with the same tired, low signal, rebuttal of FOMO. It's become the "no u r" argument of the AI age... :/
Because the AI apologists cannot deal with the much studied and proven placebo effect of perceived increased productivity, so they have to try and make themselves feel
better by claiming that others are lagging behind in a race no one else is really interesting in running.
A snake oil scheme if ever saw one.
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#419Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just wish Claude code would also offer fast inline auto complete. Sometimes I’ll just want to have a function definition or some boilerplate spelled out without waiting for the slow Claude response. Or actively switching models. ——- Maybe I can set up a shortcut for that?
Is there a significant difference between Claude Code in VSCode and Copilot in VSCode? I’ve been using Copilot with the Claude models (including Sonnet/Opus 4.6) and it seems to work spectacularly. My subscription is only $10 a month, and it has unlimited inline suggestions. I just wonder if I’m missing anything.
> Is there a significant difference between Claude Code in VSCode and Copilot in VSCode? I’ve been using Copilot with the Claude models (including Sonnet/Opus 4.6) and it seems to work spectacularly.
Most models are limited to 200k context in GitHub Copilot. The Claude models are now 1M context elsewhere.
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#420Cursor works better for me than Claude Code. In my opinion, Claude intelligence is too narrow.
Good luck explaining all the details to Claude, it tends to ignore them anyway. Like a middle-level SWE, it's too stubborn to appreciate them, and prefers to blast energy (tokens) on shuffling the lines instead of seeing a bigger picture.
Cursor, in contrast, is a highly educated coder that gets you immediately.
I've got an impression that Claude Code is more oriented on unattended development of CRUD applications, while Cursor is more refined and closer to a senior-level SWE/PhD for productive work in pair.