Vibe Coding: Developer Slot Machines (Cursor, Windsurf)

Cursor and Windsurf, easy to switch between Forks of VS Code House of Cards I've been a Cursor subscriber for over a year, and I find its performance can vary depending on the project. Sometimes it's amazing, sometimes it's frustrating, a bit like the Illusion of AI Productivity chart: Today I spent $10 trying out the recent Claude 3.7 MAX model, finding it amazing at first, only to find it crashing to nothing like a house of cards (as Addy Osmani put it). Ad Letter An AI-assisted newsletter builder for content creators, designers, and developers. This article is supported by Letter. Developer slot machines I started getting frustrated waiting for Claude 3.5 to spin in circles inside Cursor, and then exchanging my coins for Claude 3.7 tokens like a developer slot machine, not knowing what code is going to come out. It's so easy to pay more too, with just a click: Meanwhile, my friend was raving about Windsurf building his Town events community app, and I also started hearing how ... Read full article.