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> What sets us apart is partly our philosophy (deeply integrating into the editor)

i'm so sorry but what do you think cursor's philosophy is

> also other niceness (like rollbacks

yep in cursor too

i know youre new so just being gentle but try to focus on some kind of killer feature (which i guess is sidecar?)

also https://x.com/codestoryai seems suspended fyi

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Fair point! We are not taking a stab at cursor in any way (its a great product)

In terms of features I do believe we are differentiated enough, the workflows we came up with are different and we are all about giving back the data (prompt+responses) back to the user.

The sidecar is not the killer feature, its one of the many thing which ticks the whole experience together.

Good callout on the codestoryai account being suspended, we are at @aide_dev

you link to it still on your home page

great catch! Thank you for pointing this out

> I'm so sorry but what do you think cursor's philosophy is

I've never understood why people say sorry for cases like these?

Because without the sorry the comment may be interpreted in an aggressive/dismissive tone. For this issue, adding a sorry is an easy fix.

Can be a cultural idiomatic thing. For me (BrEng) "I'm sorry but..." doesn't explicitly mean "I regret/apologise for what I'm about to say" - in fact it's an intensifier.

It can definitely be used that way in American English as well, though maybe less common?

Yeah I am with you on this one, for me, it worsens the statement even more. Maybe because I've heard people use it in a way to be passive-aggressive.

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