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Comment by realberkeaslan | Hacker News Reader

Consider giving Cursor a try. I personally like the entire UI/UX, their agent has good context, and the entire experience overall is just great. The team has done a phenomenal job. Your workflow could look something like this:

1. Prompt the agent

2. The agent gets too work

3. Review the changes

4. Repeat

This can speed up your process significantly, and the UI clearly shows the changes + some other cool features

EDIT: from reading your post again, I think you could benefit primarily from a clear UI with the adjusted code, which Cursor does very well.

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Cursor uses too much memory, hallucinates on multi file rewrites, and has a difficult accept/reject diff user interface that makes git a nightmare to use.

I built my own coding tool in Rust because of VSCode-based forks Electron app flaws. You would think they could build a memory efficient application with the resources they have but it literally needs a top of the line MacBook to run smoothly.

For the one disinclined to get into closed source, proprietary tools, what is the next best thing to try?

I heard of Cline and Aider, but didn't try anything.

How does Cursor compare to Claude Code or Codex?

Cursor makes it easier to watch what the model is doing and to also make edits at the same time. I find it useful at work where I need to be able to justify every change in a code review. It’s also great for getting a feel for what the models are capable of - like, using Cursor for a few months make it easier to use Claude Code effectively

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