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OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google

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757 points rcchen | 2 comments | 11 Jul 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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rvnx ◴[11 Jul 25 21:46 UTC] No.44537080[source]▶
Windsurf and Cursor are in the business of reselling ChatGPT and Claude at a loss, but the tech itself is not impressive at all
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cpursley ◴[11 Jul 25 21:49 UTC] No.44537096[source]▶
Those wrappers are gonna go away now that there's Claude Code and Googles CLI thing. They are that much better.
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warmedcookie ◴[12 Jul 25 01:25 UTC] No.44538495[source]▶
Are they?

Cursor's Accept / Reject feature for each change it makes in each file is nice whereas I have to use a diff tool to review the changes in Claude Code.

Also, if I go down a prompt alley that's a dead end, Cursor has the Restore Checkpoint feature to get back to the original prompt and try a different path. With Claude Code, you had better have committed the code to git, otherwise you end up with a mess you didn't want.

My company pays for both, but I mostly use Cursor unless I know I am doing a new project or some proof of concept, which Claude Code might have an edge on with a more mature TODO list feature.

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1. Unearned5161 ◴[12 Jul 25 02:12 UTC] No.44538721[source]▶
I got burned too many times from that Restore Checkpoint thing not working right, maybe it's been fixed by now but seems silly to rely on something thats not a literal tool built for the job (version control), not a good shortcut.
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2. pqdbr ◴[12 Jul 25 03:12 UTC] No.44538983[source]▶
It has worked perfectly for me every time, and it’s such a great feature.