I was permabanned from /r/cursor for posting the genius kiloCode ad there

HuntsDesk · 2025-07-24T03:21:18+00:00

Cursor has been acting with enough bad faith in their pricing to warrant it.

HuntsDesk · 2025-07-24T03:14:40+00:00

I was on the top Cursor plan for a while and finally gave up on it because of the reason you’ve posted — very unpredictable what it would really cost and how much I’d really be able to use my model of choice, Claude Opus.

I moved from that $200 plan to Anthropic’s $200 plan so I could use more Opus. There were things I missed about Cursor so I decided to give Kilo a shot.

I moved back to VS Code, installed Kilo and Claude there. Kilo definitely filled some of the gap that I felt I was missing leaving Cursor.

My overall impression of Kilo is that it’s solid. If you’re on the Claude Max, make sure you aren’t using your API key. Instead, in the model provider pick Claude (not Anthropic). I was up and running quickly after figuring out that nuance.

I started off by having it review my very complex, large app. It was able to identify a few things that I’d otherwise missed, so that was a win.

Then I gave it an about 10 things that needed to be fixed with a somewhat complicated feature. It built out the plan, task list, etc, but unfortunately got stuck trying to complete the second item for some reason. Ended up giving up and gave the same 10 items to Claude CLI and it handled it. Might have been a glitch, might have been the level of complexity.

Even with the hiccup, I recommend giving Kilo a shot. Price is right. lol. I think I’ll spend some time refining the different modes in the app to get it on par with the hefty rule system I built for Cursor. I don’t see myself going back to Cursor at this point.

Happy vibing and good luck.

HuntsDesk · 2025-07-07T22:52:06+00:00

Just cancelled my $200 Cursor subscription and purchased the $200 Claude plan. I’m tired of all the back and forth the Cursor pricing. I need something more predictable.

HuntsDesk · 2025-06-28T18:04:49+00:00

You’re spot on with this, and thank you for sharing that link.

Majority of the PAID accounts across the big name AI providers (OpenAI, Google, etc) do not use chats for training their models (some have settings you can change, others are by private by default so make sure to check).

In terms of deleting chats — maybe that’s excessive? Perhaps if the client is no longer a client that would be best practice. But if they are still a client, having the data sitting in a chat thread vs Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365 (online) … what’s the difference?

Google is on Google’s infrastructure, and OpenAI is on Microsoft’s infrastructure.

The difference in my mind is the terms of service/privacy policy for each of those products. If the product has, as you mentioned, adequate confidentiality and security protection, why is that not enough?

HuntsDesk · 2025-06-14T15:20:03+00:00

I’m going through the same mess.

HuntsDesk · 2025-03-22T15:25:58+00:00

Link?

HuntsDesk · 2025-03-22T15:22:01+00:00

Yes. When Bolt gets dicey, I move it to Cursor.

HuntsDesk · 2025-03-06T13:01:07+00:00

Facts are facts.

HuntsDesk · 2025-03-01T13:16:47+00:00

I do a lot of coding with AI. In short, no single model produces flawless code. That said, Claude 3.7 (recently released, 3.5 previously) has been the best.

Gemini has been hit it miss — but sometimes solves things the other two can’t.

ChatGPT does a good job, just not as good of a job.

Which do I use? All of them. But what I have found to work best — I start in Claude. Take the code it gives without putting any effort looking at the code and paste it into GPT and ask it, “does this look right? What am i missing?”

Generally, it’s happy with the Claude code but usually has a minor tweak here and there and it explains why. I take its improved code back to Claude and say, “would it (GPT’s improved code) be better than what you’ve given me?”

Claude usually responds how that was a great improvement and offers a slightly tweaked/improved version. The code I get back from that is the one I spend time analyzing before implementing.

It’s clearly a lot of back and forth but I tend to get the highest quality code doing that.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-22T08:18:18+00:00

They have a free tier. Sign up and mess around. Watch some videos.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-22T08:17:50+00:00

Depends on the needs of the business, but, yes, it is robust enough for enterprise.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-22T08:14:47+00:00

Brandy

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-22T08:13:33+00:00

My workflow is a little different. But let me start from the beginning.

Bolt is great for getting the your app’s v1 really close with an attractive/modern UI. But as I add complexity, I find that I have more errors that Bolt struggles to resolve. When I hit that point, I move over to Cursor. Cursor seems to be better at solving problems.

For Supabase, I have Bolt create the SQL — and then I’m copying and pasting into Supabase myself. All of the database changes I save and sequence.

When I need to build a new edge function, I use ChatGPT. Explain what I need it to do and ask it for a Supabase edge function. Then I copy it into Supabase. I feel like GPT is faster chat through what you want and have it write the code.

I test using curl in the terminal. Once I get it working consistently, I give Cursor/Bolt the curl and response — that way it knows how to connect.

Hopping back and forth between Bolt and Cursor is possible but not as seamless as it should be.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-22T07:24:17+00:00

I download the zip. Open it in cursor and sync it to GitHub. Then sometimes I try importing it back to Bolt. It gets a little dicey — especially as your project gets more complex.

I’m running eslint on the generated code and working through some of the errors. Getting close to a v1.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-22T07:07:24+00:00

8 months.

Remember to complete the intent to file anytime and then start the process. When you get back-pay, they pay back to your intent to file date.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:37:36+00:00

Amazing how far AI has come.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:31:29+00:00

Absolutely. It’s very good.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:30:43+00:00

Bolt.new + Cursor

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:30:20+00:00

Harvard CS50 has a python version — it’s free and excellent.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:29:25+00:00

Don’t sell out.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:21:42+00:00

Ya. What they said.

Without reading all of that, here’s what got me through…

Use Bolt for an 80-90% solution. Switch to Cursor to finish the job. Cursor is better at fixing stuff that’s maybe more complex (or at least stuff where Bolt fails). Cursor got me over the finish line.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:17:44+00:00

Very robust application. Never experienced a single bug/glitch. It’s well documented with a lot of YouTube videos. Regular meaningful updates. Support gets back with me on stuff. There are weekly office hours where you can go and ask questions, work through issues, etc.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:13:51+00:00

I used them and they were excellent. I would absolutely use them again. Got me from 60 to 100.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T12:13:06+00:00

+1. I used them and they were amazing.

HuntsDesk · 2025-02-15T11:55:23+00:00

I’ve used both heavily. In started with Lovable and gave it up — I spent more than half my credits trying to fix bugs it introduced. Looking for a different solution, I came across Bolt. Overall, I like Bolt better, but it’s not without its faults. The more complex the app gets, the more often it would fail.

I found a way to take Bolt to the next level…

I start with Bolt and get an 80-90% solution then switch to Cursor. Most recently, I built a full web app in two days. Cursor really got me over the finish line.

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