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How I write code using Cursor

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Re: How I write code using Cursor

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Post by TeMPOraL »

adamc wrote: post #400
TeMPOraL wrote: post #338

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Installing pandoc is basically a one-time cost that is amortized over its uses, so... why worry about it? Because space of problems LLMs of today solve well with trivial prompts is vast, far greater than any single classical tool covers. If you're comparing solutions to 100 random problems, you have to count in those one-time costs, because you'll need to use some 50-100 different tools to get through them all. > R…

No, if you are having an LLM generate code that you are not reviewing, you are relying on the compiler 100%. (Or the runtime, if it isn't a compiled language.)

Who said I'm not reviewing? Who isn't reviewing LLM code?

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Post by froobrad »

scosman wrote: post #179
CrendKing wrote: post #32

I've been using AI to solve isolated problems, mainly as a replacement of search engine specifically for programming. I'm still not convinced of these "write whole block of code for me" type of use case. Here's my arguments against the videos from the article. 1. Snake case to camelCase. Even without AI we can already complete these tasks easily. VSCode itself has command of "Transform to Camel Case" for selection. I…

I started like this. Then I came around and can’t imagine going back. It’s kinda like having a really smart new grad, who works instantly, and has memorized all the docs. Yes I have to code review and guide it. That’s an easy trade off to make for typing 1000 tokens/s, never losing focus, and double checking every detail in realtime. First: it really does save a ton of time for tedious tasks. My best example is test…

This “really smart new grad” take is completely insane to me, especially if you know how LLMs work. Look at this SQL snippet Claude (the new Sonnet) generated recently.

    -- Get recipient's push token and sender's username
    SELECT expo_push_token, p.username 
    INTO recipient_push_token, sender_username
    FROM profiles p
    WHERE p.id = NEW.recipient_id;
Seems like the world has truly gone insane and engineers are tuned into some alternate reality a la Fox News. Well…it’ll be a sobering day when the other shoe falls.

Re: How I write code using Cursor

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Post by paulluuk »

dham wrote: post #354
paulluuk wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally use copilot, which is integrated into my IDE, almost identical to this Cursor example.

Copilot is about as far away from Cursor with Claude as the Wright Brothers' glider is to the Saturn V.

Not based on the link, I didn't see anything in that text that I can't do with copilot or which looked better to me than what copilot outputs.

Re: How I write code using Cursor

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Post by sumshelf »

I've been using Cursor and Claude 3.5 Sonnet for about two months. My typical workflow with Cursor involves the following steps: I ask Cursor to generate the code. Then, I have it review its own code. Next, I ask it to improve some code based on the review. Sometimes I ask it to explain the code to me. Finally, I make any necessary manual adjustments. The only downside is that I tend to use up my fast request limit pretty quickly.

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Post by rocho »

raincole wrote: post #330
cynicalpeace wrote: post #175

It's amazing how little of my colleagues don't use Cursor simply because they haven't taken the 10 minutes to set it up. It's amazing how many naysayers there are about Cursor. There are many here and they obviously don't use Cursor. I know this because they point out pitfalls that Cursor barely runs into, and their criticism is not about Cursor, but about AI code in general. Some examples: "I tried to create a TODO…

I've been a paying customer for Jetbrains IDE for years. After trying Cursor, I'd say if I were Jetbrains devs I'd be very worried. It's a true paradiam shift. It feels like Jetbrains' competitve edge over other editors/IDEs mostly vanished overnight. Of course Jetbrains has its own AI-based solution and I'm sure they'll add more. But I think what Jetbrains excels -- the understanding of semantics -- is no longer tha…

Why would they be? Cursor took an existing editor and added some AI features on top of it. Features that are enabled by a third party API with some good prompts, something easily replicable by any editor company. Current LLMs are a commodity.
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