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Re:Everything we like is a psyop by majormajor on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:48PM (#47801692)
> I don't think Cursor was _that bad_ in it's time. But the 'psyop' here is that anyone is using an AI-IDE going forward at all. I see people who say they are still using them and are so excited, but then I talk to engineers I actually know and it's all CLI tools.

This is just the old "surely nobody actually likes Lady Gaga, all the people I actually know think her stuff sucks, it's just all bought and paid for" reasoning trap all over again...

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Re:Everything we like is a psyop by operatingthetan on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:51PM (#47801711)
You couldn't even keep your analogy straight. I didn't say the people I know said anything at all about Cursor.

If someone is clear about offering an anecdote, it's dishonest to pretend as if they were making a real and reasoned argument.

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