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Re:Maker of AI 'vibe coding' app Cursor hits $9B valuation by cantSpellSober on Monday May 05, 2025 @03:22PM (#43898495)
easier sell/setup
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Re:Maker of AI 'vibe coding' app Cursor hits $9B valuation by BeetleB on Monday May 05, 2025 @03:40PM (#43898679)
> Makes it an easier sell to devs, "you don't have to 'change' editors" and it makes setup easier if you happen to be using VSC

But tying it to an editor (including VSCode) means "you have to change editors".

I don't use VSCode, so any solution requiring it is a no-go.

When we have aider[1], which works with any editor/IDE, I just don't see the value in trying Cursor, et al.

[1] https://aider.chat/

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Re:Maker of AI 'vibe coding' app Cursor hits $9B valuation by sanswork on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:46PM (#43899286)
The value for me in cursor is the tab feature not the chat. I use the chat to generate code maybe once per week but the tab autocompleting saves me probably 30 minutes per day.
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Re:Maker of AI 'vibe coding' app Cursor hits $9B valuation by drbojingle on Monday May 05, 2025 @07:35PM (#43900439)
I'm the opposite. I care little for any feature that isn't the agent.
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Re:Maker of AI 'vibe coding' app Cursor hits $9B valuation by drbojingle on Monday May 05, 2025 @07:32PM (#43900416)
I would argue that Claude code is easier to set up. Not sure about selling though.
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