[HugoDias]

TIL! I'll finally give Claude Code a try. I've been using Cursor since it launched and never tried anything else. The terminal UI didn't appeal to me, but knowing it has better performance, I'll check it out.

Cursor has been a terrible experience lately, regardless of the model. Sometimes for the same task, I need to try with Sonnet 4.5, ChatGPT 5.1 Codex, Gemini Pro 3... and most times, none managed to do the work, and I end up doing it myself.

At least I’m coding more again, lol

[idonotknowwhy]

Glad you mentioned "Cursor has been a terrible experience lately", as I was planning to finally give it a try. I'd heard it has the best auto-complete, which I don't get use VSCode with Claude Code in the terminal.

[alphabettsy]

You should still give it a try. Can’t speak for their experience, but doesn’t ring true for me.

[PrayagS]

I haven’t used Cursor since I use Neovim and it’s hard to move out.

The auto-complete suggestions from FIM models (either open source or even something Gemini Flash) punch far above their weight. That combined with CC/Codex has been a good setup for me.

[fabbbbb]

I get the same impression. Even GPT 5.1 Codex is just sooo slow in Cursor. Claude Code with Sonnet is still the benchmkar. Fast and good.

[Huppie]

I was evaluating codex vs claude code the past month and GPT 5.1 codex being slow is just the default experience I had with it.

The answers were mostly on par (though different in style which took some getting used to) but the speed was a big downer for me. I really wanted to give it an honest try but went back to Claude Code within two weeks.

[firloop]

You can install the Claude Code VS Code extension in Cursor and you get a similar AI side pane as the main Cursor composer.

[adastra22]

That’s just Claude Code then. Why use cursor?

[fragmede]

it's not about the terminal, but about decoupling yourself from looking at the code. The Claude app lets you interact with a github repo from your phone.

[verdverm]

This is not the way

these agents are not up to the task of writing production level code at any meaningful scale

looking forward to high paying gigs to go in and clean up after people take them too far and the hype cycle fades

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I recommend the opposite, work on custom agents so you have a better understanding of how these things work and fail. Get deep in the code to understand how context and values flow and get presented within the system.

[bilsbie]

Interesting. Tell me more.