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1. petefo+4Uk[view] [source] 2026-01-06 19:23:42
>>EGreg+(OP)
There's a small but seemingly tireless brigade of "you're not actually moving faster, you're just fooling yourself" pundits on this site that feel compelled to chime in every time someone mentions that they get any benefit from AI coding tools. I'm just not going to engage with them anymore.

That said... I jumped to a few random moments in your video and had an "oh my god" reaction because you really were not kidding when you said that you were pasting code.

I'm pretty much begging you to install and use Cursor. Whatever boost you're getting from your current workflow, you will see triple through use of their Agent/Plan/Debug modes, especially when using Opus 4.5. I promise you: it's a before electricity vs after electricity scenario. I'm actually excited for you.

A lot of folks will tell you to use Claude Code. I personally find that it doesn't make sense for the sorts of projects I work on; I would 100% start with Cursor either way.

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2. judahm+qjl[view] [source] 2026-01-06 21:10:32
>>petefo+4Uk
"it doesn't make sense" is an odd statement to make for choosing Claude Code vs Cursor.

Would you be willing to go into more detail about that claim?

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3. petefo+bao[view] [source] 2026-01-07 17:52:26
>>judahm+qjl
BTW: it's a statement, not a claim.

The framing of your question as though I might possibly be hallucinating my own situation might be correlated to your lack of reply.

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4. judahm+KLu[view] [source] 2026-01-09 15:53:38
>>petefo+bao
AFAIK, all statements are claims.

I didn't reply because I haven't had available energy to properly analyze your reply. At a glance, your reply does seem completely reasonable, which is why I upvoted it.

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