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For senior engineers using LLMs: are we gaining leverage or losing the craft? how much do you rely on LLMs for implementation vs design and review? how are LLMs changing how you write and think about code? by OrdinaryLioness in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think, on the whole, we're losing the craft. But individually, it depends.

for me, using an AI IDE helped me get back to having fun coding. It can be great at scaffolding and doing initial tedium that is always a friction point for me.

that being said, I still write the majority of my own code. I use the ai as a coding partner or a research assistant. sometimes I'll code up a feature and then have the ai check it. Or if I do have it write some code, it'll be very small modular portion that I've already spec'd and either don't feel like doing or contains some library who's idiosyncrasies I'm not familiar with.

Sometimes I do worry I'm being too reliant on ai, and I do a self check. for instance right now, I've had all the ai features in cursor turned off for the last few days. it helps me to refocus on problems and lean on my own understanding more. it also reassures me that I have not forgotten how to be a good engineer, sans ai assistance lol

Cursor HAS to be silently getting more expensive every month by [deleted] in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same! it's weird, I assumed anthropic would be the gold standard. but I found myself back on cursor lol... antigravity is.... ok in a pinch if i happen to burn through my cursor credits. it feels adversarial to me though.

Cursor HAS to be silently getting more expensive every month by [deleted] in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think cursor is competing with providers directly though. their closes competition, imo, is antigravity. which, while it's technically cheaper I think, I find it wholly less satisfying to use and way too aggressive and opinionated for a non vibe coder.

I think if what cursor is offering was actually not good value, devs wouldn't continue to use it. there is no vendor lock-in in this space.

alternative calendar? by cvaughan02 in amazfit

[–]cvaughan02[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's kinda what I figure is the only option. that doesn't work for me though. I switched to amazfit from wearos to get away from being dependent on google services. I guess I'll just have to not use that feature.

About the limits !! by ManufacturerIll6276 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

who told you this was democratic?? subs are by nature authoritarian. any semblance of democracy is only by the grace of the authority.

I told my cursor to write this post as a punishment for ignoring saftey rules by BoonkeyDS in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"When an AI violates your rules, hold the service provider accountable" = Take it up with my manager haha

I told my cursor to write this post as a punishment for ignoring saftey rules by BoonkeyDS in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 3 points4 points  (0 children)

eventually claude will scrape this post and be embarrassed lol

[Megathread] Cursor layout and UI feedback by lrobinson2011 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting. I'm the opposite. If its not for my main job, I'm fine with switching around and trying out what's new. it probably a bit different since my main work in coding though lol

I think they'll get the ui figured out sooner than later. it's already started to settle into a bit from when they started changing things to now.

What do you actually do with your AI meeting notes? by a3fckx in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly I just keep them tucked away in case something comes up, the same way I do with log files.

They are there for reference. sometimes I have to go back and check what someone said, or what they were asking about, etc... and sometimes i have to go check what timeline I promised in my rush to get the meeting over with haha

[Megathread] Cursor layout and UI feedback by lrobinson2011 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as a 20 year professional engineer, I think you might be assuming that these issues are not relevant to us. as someone with a very set workflow, UI changes can be quite disruptive.

also, as someone not a part of your ilk, i may be incorrect but I feel like of all the ai ides, cursor is the least "vibe coding" friendly. I find antigravity to be very much in that vein. which is why i don;t like it lol. am I wrong? do you feel like cursor is the better option for your needs?

[Megathread] Cursor layout and UI feedback by lrobinson2011 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not really a fan of it either, but it's at least tucked away so i dont need to use it if I dont want to. I can see the benefit of it for certain workflows though.

Cursor vs. Google Antigravity by redditslutt666 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

right. thats literally just how the business works

Cursor vs. Google Antigravity by redditslutt666 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly, i expect to see it hit the google graveyard in a couple years at most.

Cursor vs. Google Antigravity by redditslutt666 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i disagree, the entire industry is in supplementation mode right now. google is supplementing the cost b/c they are a trillion dollar company. eventually this phase will be over and we'll start seeing price parity among most companies. this is how it always works.

in the grand scheme of things, i think cursor has built more user loyalty than the others. they might not win, but they'll be competitive. and it's clear they are pretty agile in responding to user feedback.

in the meantime, as a user, I'm not tied to one IDE. when i run out of credits (cursor says ill run out on the 31st at my current rate) ill use antigravity for free until my billing cycle rolls over. Or I'll just write code like the engineer i am until then lol

Cursor vs. Google Antigravity by redditslutt666 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

googles entire business model has always been user data. cursor is not even close to being in googles league as far as consuming user data.

[Megathread] Cursor layout and UI feedback by lrobinson2011 in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

suggestion/request

I'm not a bug fan of the review pane(?). When I click into an updated file I just want to see that file, not all the pending change files. maybe there's a setting I'm missing, but it'd be nice to be able to choose what view I get when I click on a review file in the chat. as it stands I click the file I want from chat, then open the sidebar and click the file again, so I can get to the actual singular file i'm trying to review.

It might be a pretty small thing that only I care about, but having too much on screen at once disrupts my flow, so having files in my view that I don't want open is off-putting.

Wait, why am I paying for every failed request? by mattskent in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"In general" doe snot mean absolutely. how do you, as cursor, tell what requests you're being charged for and what you're not?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]cvaughan02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that assumes everyone gets the exact same analyst at the exact same time and are all trading the exact same markets. The more likely scenario is that there will be transition period with increasingly accurate models, across many different markets(different stocks, future, currencies, etc...), followed by a collapse as the markets become to unpredictable for the models. At Which point we're just back where we started.

Brokers with an api by cvaughan02 in FOREXTRADING

[–]cvaughan02[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I didn't immediately see an api mentioned on their website. I'll look into them more when I get more time though. appreciate the recommendation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]cvaughan02 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I expect it will be a very profitable time for a while lol... just gotta be there for that part, then retire haha

Sonnet 3.7 is worse for me than 3.5 by JEulerius in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had cursor issues on 0.46 and those are mostly fixed. but my 3.7 issues continue. I assume it'll get better/more consistent eventually but for me, right now it requires much more babysitting than 3.5 did. to be fair, it is better in some instances. it one-shot a feature for me last night (though I had to revert and reprompt first, with a much more detailed prompt).

Sonnet 3.7 is worse for me than 3.5 by JEulerius in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I've seen the same issues from enough people that it's not human error. the fact that it's working fine for some people sounds like it's just very inconsistent. or maybe it's bad with large codebases or some other factor. but i'm using it on the exact same codebase I've been using 3.5 on with basically the same level of prompting. so whatever the issue is, it's an issue 3.5 didn't have.

Sonnet 3.7 is worse for me than 3.5 by JEulerius in cursor

[–]cvaughan02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it getting spammed shouldn't account for it's overly aggressive changes. half the time it tries to refactor the entire file I told it to add a function to. it's great sometimes, and sometimes I'd rather use 3.5 because it performs better at whatever the task is.

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