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I have jumped around over my career: Sublime -> Vim -> Emacs -> VSCode -> Neovim -> Cursor, which is now my daily driver.

However, I still relish in the ability to open up a nerfed Sublime or basic Vim install where it’s just me and the text. I do so when I want particular lucidity in my thought process and code composition.

Then I can always fire up heavier tools for code review after the fact. How do I “do” it? I got really good at grep’n my way through a code base. It’s amazing what grep/ack/rg/etc can tell you when you know what to ask. And if you don’t know what to ask, well finding that answer is going to teach you a lot more than just hitting Tab on autocomplete or GoToDef.

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tomrod1y ago· 1 in thread

I've found cursor tends to muck up system internals and such when I use shells in it. There is a lot going on under that hood -- would prefer it work as a VS Code extension so it has some guardrails.

esperent1y ago

Have you tried the Clive or Continue extensions? AFAIK Continue is somewhat like Cursor. I prefer Clive though, it's become an important part of my workflow - although perhaps even more important is knowing when not to teach for it.

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