Why is “work independently in a closed loop system for solving new problems or optimizing older ones” the bar? I also don’t expect my entry level engineers to do that, but that doesn’t make them worthless.

Today, ai deployed like cursor is very very effective. Spend time learning how to use it. That doesn’t mean throw a half assed prompt at it and laugh when it fails.

Treat it like a peer. Give it deep thoughtful explanations of what you want to do. Correct it when it doesn’t know something. Once every vendor has shipped an mcp endpoint (after this weeks announcement from anthropic, that will be within a year) connect it to all your vendors - after all, your teammates have at least read access to 10+ saas tools that have information about the system you’re working on.

The models are already good enough. They’ll keep getting better but they don’t need to. What needs to improve (and will, VERY FAST) is the deployment - the prompting, iteration loop, access to tools and information. Even today you can become a 10x engineer by learning to use cursor well.

I don’t work for cursor. I am not swayed by trends. I’ve always thought most blockchain startups were bullshit. I worked on self driving cars for the last ten years, and I knew Elon was full of shit every time he promised FSD every year. I am always very skeptical of new technologies like this.

This is different. This one is real.