> Why was the dominant narrative on cursor coming within spitting distance of opus with a MUCH smaller team and less capital

And how do we know that? How do we know Cursor is "withing spitting distance of opus" (whatever it means)?

Let me guess:

> that you saw a large number of people on HN and X say that

I'm pretty sure this exact concern was the impetus for slashdot's friend:foe system, HN should implement something