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Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?

310 points skarat | 4 comments | 12 May 25 04:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.021s | 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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welder ◴[12 May 25 07:43 UTC] No.43960527[source]▶
Neither? I'm surprised nobody has said it yet. I turned off AI autocomplete, and sometimes use the chat to debug or generate simple code but only when I prompt it to. Continuous autocomplete is just annoying and slows me down.
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1. xnorswap ◴[12 May 25 09:00 UTC] No.43961007[source]▶
AI autocomplete can be infuriating if like me, you like to browse the public methods and properties by dotting the type. The AI autocomplete sometimes kicks in and starts writing broken code using suggestions that don't exist and that prevents quickly exploring the actual methods available.

I have largely disabled it now, which is a shame, because there are also times it feels like magic and I can see how it could be a massive productivity lever if it needed a tighter confidence threshold to kick in.

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2. prisenco ◴[12 May 25 09:09 UTC] No.43961048[source]▶
If I can, I map it to ctrl-; so I can bring it up when I need it.

But I found once it was optional I hardly ever used it.

I use Deepseek or others as a conversation partner or rubber duck, but I'm perfectly happy writing all my code myself.

Maybe this approach needs a trendy name to counter the "vibe coding" hype.

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3. mikrotikker ◴[12 May 25 12:36 UTC] No.43962252[source]▶
"rubber botting"
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