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Re:Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf? by jbellis on Monday May 12, 2025 @06:18AM (#43961416)
I love Aider, but I got frustrated with its limitations and ended up creating Brokk to solve them: https://brokk.ai/

Compared to Aider, Brokk

- Has a GUI (I know, tough sell for Aider users but it really does help when managing complex projects)

- Builds on a real static analysis engine so its equivalent to the repomap doesn't get hopelessly confused in large codebases

- Has extremely useful git integration (view git log, right click to capture context into the workspace)

- Is also OSS and supports BYOK

I'd love to hear what you think!

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Re:Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf? by evnix on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @03:06AM (#43970317)
Apart from the GUI, What does it improve on when compared to aider.
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Re:Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf? by jbellis on Thursday May 15, 2025 @07:10PM (#44000287)
Short answer: static analysis

Long answer: https://brokk.ai/blog/lean-context-lightning-development

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