still my daily driver. tab is unbeatable, agent mode got a lot better this summer. the spacex thing made me nervous for a week and then nothing changed so whatever. 4 stars because pricing keeps shifting under me.
Cursor
AI coding agent for building software

About Cursor
Cursor is an AI coding agent for software development. It helps developers hand off coding tasks to agents while they focus on making decisions.
The product includes Cursor Desktop and Cursor CLI interfaces. Its agents can work autonomously, run in parallel, and build, test, and demonstrate features end to end. A macOS download is provided on the website.
Highlights
- AI-assisted software development
- Autonomous coding agents
- Cursor Desktop and Cursor CLI interfaces
- Codebase indexing and semantic search
- macOS download available
Good editor, questionable agent. It loves to touch files I did not ask about and then confidently tells me it 'also cleaned up' something. On a Rust codebase with real invariants this is not cleaning up. Tab completion is genuinely excellent, hence 3 and not 2.
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