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Cursor was one of the first AI editors I used, but recently Aider has completely replaced the AI assisted coding for me. I still use cursor but just as an edito

Cursor was one of the first AI editors I used, but recently Aider has completely replaced the AI assisted coding for me. I still use cursor but just as an editor, all LLM work is done with aider in the shell.

randDev210901 2y ago
Do you mind elaborating on your setup and workflow? I tried using aider but either my local LLM is too slow or my software projects requires context sizes so large they make aider move at a crawl.
- tomduncalf 2y ago
  I was going to ask what size and complexity of projects OP uses it on. I can’t imagine doing my work just with a tool like that. Cursor is pretty impressive and a definite sooner boost though.
  - freediver 2y ago
    Fair point, most projects I do are prototypes and concepts for ideas I have. Up to 2000 lines of code, built from scratch. The mode of work is me commanding 95% of the time and coding about 5%.
bachittle 2y ago
I replaced Cursor with continue.dev. It allows me to run AI models locally and connect it with a vscode plugin instead of replacing vscode with a whole new IDE, and it's open source.
campers 2y ago
Check out https://sophia.dev https://sophia.dev Its AI tooling I've built on top of Aider for the code editing. I initially built it before Aider added support for running compile and lint commands, as it would often generate changes which wouldn't compile. I'd added seperate design/implementation agents before that was added to Aider https://aider.chat/2024/09/26/architect.html https://aider.chat/2024/09/26/architect.html The other different is I have a file selection agent and a code review agent, which often has some good fixes/improvements. I use both, I'll use Aider if its something I feel it will right the first time or I want control over the files in the context, otherwise I'll use the agent in Sophia.

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Cursor was one of the first AI editors I used, but recently Aider has completely replaced the AI assisted coding for me. I still use cursor but just as an edito

by freediver 2y ago

randDev210901 2y ago
Do you mind elaborating on your setup and workflow? I tried using aider but either my local LLM is too slow or my software projects requires context sizes so large they make aider move at a crawl.
- tomduncalf 2y ago
  I was going to ask what size and complexity of projects OP uses it on. I can’t imagine doing my work just with a tool like that. Cursor is pretty impressive and a definite sooner boost though.
  - freediver 2y ago
    Fair point, most projects I do are prototypes and concepts for ideas I have. Up to 2000 lines of code, built from scratch. The mode of work is me commanding 95% of the time and coding about 5%.
bachittle 2y ago
I replaced Cursor with continue.dev. It allows me to run AI models locally and connect it with a vscode plugin instead of replacing vscode with a whole new IDE, and it's open source.
campers 2y ago
Check out https://sophia.dev https://sophia.dev Its AI tooling I've built on top of Aider for the code editing. I initially built it before Aider added support for running compile and lint commands, as it would often generate changes which wouldn't compile. I'd added seperate design/implementation agents before that was added to Aider https://aider.chat/2024/09/26/architect.html https://aider.chat/2024/09/26/architect.html The other different is I have a file selection agent and a code review agent, which often has some good fixes/improvements. I use both, I'll use Aider if its something I feel it will right the first time or I want control over the files in the context, otherwise I'll use the agent in Sophia.