I feel like people are sleeping on Cursor, no idea why more devs don't talk about it. It has a great "Ask" mode, the debugging mode has recently gotten more powerful, and it's plan mode has started to look more like Claude Code's plans, when I test them head to head.

▲

bushido 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Cursor implemented something a while back where it started acting like how ChatGPT does when it's in its auto mode.

Essentially, choosing when it was going to use what model/reasoning effort on its own regardless of my preferences. Basically moved to dumber models while writing code in between things, producing some really bad results for me.

Anecdotal, but the reason I will never talk about Cursor is because I will never use it again. I have barred the use of Cursor at my company, It just does some random stuff at times, which is more egregious than I see from Codex or Claude.

ps. I know many other people who feel the same way about Cursor and other who love it. I'm just speaking for myself, though.

ps2. I hope they've fixed this behavior, but they lost my trust. And they're likely never winning it back.

	▲	sroussey 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Don’t use the “auto” model and you will be fine. You just described their “auto” behavior, which I’m guessing uses grok. Using it with specific models is great, though you can tell that Anthropic is subsidizing Claude Code as you watch your API costs more directly. Some day the subsidy will end. Enjoy it now! And cursor debugging is 10x better, oh my god. I have switched to 70% Claude Code, 10% Copilot code reviews (non anthropic model), and 20% Cursor and switch the models a bit (sometimes have them compete — get four to implement the same thing at the same time, then review their choices, maybe choose one, or just get a better idea of what to ask for and try again).
	▲	clbrmbr 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Same here. Auto mode is NOT ok. Sadly, smaller models cannot be trusted with access to Bash.

▲

dagss 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I used to love Cursor but as I started to rely on agent more and more it just got way too tedious having to Accept every change.

I ended up spending time just clicking "Accept file" 20x now and then, accepting changes from past 5 chats...

PR reviews and tying review to git make more sense at this point for me than the diff tracking Cursor has on the side.

Cancelling my cursor before next card charge solely due to the review stuff.

▲

ponyous 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In the coworking I am in people are hitting limits on 60$ plan all the time. They are thinking about which models to use to be efficient, context to include etc…

I’m on claude code $100 plan and never worry about any of that stuff and I think I am using it much more than they use cursor.

Also, I prefer CC since I am terminal native.

▲

hansonkd 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I love to build a plan, then cycle to another frontier model to iterate on it.