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Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?

310 points skarat | 3 comments | 12 May 25 04:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.811s | source

Things are changing so fast with these vscode forks I m barely able to keep up. Which one are you guys using currently? How does the autocomplete etc, compare between the two?
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joelthelion ◴[12 May 25 05:46 UTC] No.43959984[source]▶
Aider! Use the editor of your choice and leave your coding assistant separate. Plus, it's open source and will stay like this, so no risk to see it suddenly become expensive or dissappear.
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1. aitchnyu ◴[12 May 25 06:12 UTC] No.43960122[source]▶
Yup, choose your model and pay as you go, like commodities like rice and water. The others played games with me to minimize context and use cheaper models (such as 3 modes, daily credits etc, using most expensive model etc).

Also the --watch mode is the most productive interface of using your editor, no need of extra textboxes with robot faces.

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2. fragmede ◴[12 May 25 06:28 UTC] No.43960191[source]▶
fwiw. Gemini-*, which is available in Aider, isn't Pay As You Go (payg) but post paid, which means you get a bill at the end of the month and not the OpenAI/others model of charging up credits before you can use the service.
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3. camkego ◴[12 May 25 08:08 UTC] No.43960659[source]▶
I guess this is a good reason to consider things like openrouter. Turns it into a prepaid service.