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0 pointsHugoDias4mo ago0 comments

TIL! I'll finally give Claude Code a try. I've been using Cursor since it launched and never tried anything else. The terminal UI didn't appeal to me, but knowing it has better performance, I'll check it out.

Cursor has been a terrible experience lately, regardless of the model. Sometimes for the same task, I need to try with Sonnet 4.5, ChatGPT 5.1 Codex, Gemini Pro 3... and most times, none managed to do the work, and I end up doing it myself.

At least I’m coding more again, lol

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idonotknowwhy4mo ago

Glad you mentioned "Cursor has been a terrible experience lately", as I was planning to finally give it a try. I'd heard it has the best auto-complete, which I don't get use VSCode with Claude Code in the terminal.

alphabettsy4mo ago

You should still give it a try. Can’t speak for their experience, but doesn’t ring true for me.

baq4mo ago

+1, it had a bad period when they were hyperscaling up, but IME they've found their pace (very) recently - I almost ditched cursor in the summer, but am a quite happy user now.

PrayagS3mo ago

I haven’t used Cursor since I use Neovim and it’s hard to move out.

The auto-complete suggestions from FIM models (either open source or even something Gemini Flash) punch far above their weight. That combined with CC/Codex has been a good setup for me.

fabbbbb4mo ago

I get the same impression. Even GPT 5.1 Codex is just sooo slow in Cursor. Claude Code with Sonnet is still the benchmkar. Fast and good.

Huppie4mo ago

I was evaluating codex vs claude code the past month and GPT 5.1 codex being slow is just the default experience I had with it.

The answers were mostly on par (though different in style which took some getting used to) but the speed was a big downer for me. I really wanted to give it an honest try but went back to Claude Code within two weeks.

firloop4mo ago

You can install the Claude Code VS Code extension in Cursor and you get a similar AI side pane as the main Cursor composer.

adastra224mo ago

That’s just Claude Code then. Why use cursor?

dcre4mo ago

People like the tab completion model in Cursor.

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fragmede4mo ago

it's not about the terminal, but about decoupling yourself from looking at the code. The Claude app lets you interact with a github repo from your phone.

verdverm4mo ago

This is not the way

these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

looking forward to high paying gigs to go in and clean up after people take them too far and the hype cycle fades

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I recommend the opposite, work on custom agents so you have a better understanding of how these things work and fail. Get deep in the code to understand how context and values flow and get presented within the system.

alwillis4mo ago

> these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

This is obviously not true, starting with the AI companies themselves.

It's like the old saying "half of all advertising doesn't work; we just don't which half that is." Some organizations are having great results, while some are not. From the multiple dev podcasts I've listened to by AI skeptics have had a lightbulb moment where they get AI is where everything is headed.

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raxxorraxor4mo ago

You cannot clean up the code, it is too verbose. That said, you can produce production ready code with AI, you just need to put up very strong boundaries and not let it get too creative.

Also, the quality of production ready code is often highly exaggerated.

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fragmede4mo ago

> these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

I think the new one is. I could be the fool and be proven wrong though.

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bilsbie4mo ago

Interesting. Tell me more.

fragmede4mo ago

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/claude-by-anthropic/id64737536...

Has a section for code. You link it to your GitHub, and it will generate code for you when you get on the bus so there's stuff for you to review after you get to the office.

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idonotknowwhy4mo ago

alphabettsy4mo ago

You should still give it a try. Can’t speak for their experience, but doesn’t ring true for me.

baq4mo ago

+1, it had a bad period when they were hyperscaling up, but IME they've found their pace (very) recently - I almost ditched cursor in the summer, but am a quite happy user now.

PrayagS3mo ago

I haven’t used Cursor since I use Neovim and it’s hard to move out.

The auto-complete suggestions from FIM models (either open source or even something Gemini Flash) punch far above their weight. That combined with CC/Codex has been a good setup for me.

fabbbbb4mo ago

I get the same impression. Even GPT 5.1 Codex is just sooo slow in Cursor. Claude Code with Sonnet is still the benchmkar. Fast and good.

Huppie4mo ago

I was evaluating codex vs claude code the past month and GPT 5.1 codex being slow is just the default experience I had with it.

firloop4mo ago

You can install the Claude Code VS Code extension in Cursor and you get a similar AI side pane as the main Cursor composer.

adastra224mo ago

That’s just Claude Code then. Why use cursor?

dcre4mo ago

People like the tab completion model in Cursor.

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fragmede4mo ago

it's not about the terminal, but about decoupling yourself from looking at the code. The Claude app lets you interact with a github repo from your phone.

verdverm4mo ago

This is not the way

these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

looking forward to high paying gigs to go in and clean up after people take them too far and the hype cycle fades

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alwillis4mo ago

> these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

This is obviously not true, starting with the AI companies themselves.

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raxxorraxor4mo ago

You cannot clean up the code, it is too verbose. That said, you can produce production ready code with AI, you just need to put up very strong boundaries and not let it get too creative.

Also, the quality of production ready code is often highly exaggerated.

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fragmede4mo ago

> these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

I think the new one is. I could be the fool and be proven wrong though.

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bilsbie4mo ago

Interesting. Tell me more.

fragmede4mo ago

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/claude-by-anthropic/id64737536...

Has a section for code. You link it to your GitHub, and it will generate code for you when you get on the bus so there's stuff for you to review after you get to the office.

1 more reply

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