Cursor

Transformed how our startup ships product

At our early-stage startup, speed is everything. Cursor lets our two-person engineering team ship features that would have taken 3x as long before. The chat-with-codebase feature alone pays for itself — asking 'why is this component re-rendering?' and getting an accurate, codebase-aware answer in seconds is magic. We're all in on Cursor and have no plans to go back.

The editor that makes me feel like a 10x developer

I switched from VS Code + Copilot to Cursor three months ago and the productivity jump is real. Cursor's Composer can plan and implement multi-file changes that would take me hours manually. The codebase-wide context means it can reference your API patterns, component conventions, and TypeScript types correctly. The ability to add documentation and GitHub issues as context is particularly powerful. It's not cheap but it's absolutely worth it.

This is what AI-assisted coding should feel like

Cursor is built around AI from the ground up, not bolted on. The Cmd+K inline edits are incredibly fast, the codebase-wide @ references work reliably, and the model quality is top tier. I've been using it full-time for 3 months and genuinely can't imagine going back to VS Code without it.

Steep price but worth it for serious devs

At $20/mo it's one of the pricier dev tools, but the productivity gains are real. The multi-file editing is what sets it apart — it can make coordinated changes across your whole project. Sometimes generates code that looks right but has subtle logic errors, so review everything carefully.