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I know Cursor has become very popular, but since Windsurf got released, is there anyone who've jumped to Windsurf instead? Is it much better?
by Alifatisk 2y ago
I know Cursor has become very popular, but since Windsurf got released, is there anyone who've jumped to Windsurf instead? Is it much better?
- throwup238 2y agoI just use both because it allows me to have separate cursorrules and windsurfrules files, one for backend and the other for frontend. They have different failures modes but are largely similar. Cursor seems to be better at indexing and including docs but that’s a qualitative impression rather than a rigorous evaluation. Both are rather useless in my mixed C++/Rust codebase but work pretty well for traditional web stuff. I’d say at this point that Cursor has an edge but there’s so much development going on that this comment will be outdated within a few weeks.
- raybb 2y agoI just tried to sign up for Windsurf yesterday but something was broken in their auth flow for the desktop app so I didn't get to use it yet.
- isodev 2y agoI think popular is not the same as there are loud voices dropping the name every now and then. And here we are, less than six months later there is a new name to jump on. Good editors/IDEs tend to stick around for much longer and generally have a clear statement of how they’re different/better. Just my view of course.
- famahar 2y agoI'm not sure if they have fixed it but Windsurf downgraded significantly over the last month. Check out the Codeium subreddit. Many people have given up on it and are switching to cursor. Kind of a shame because Windsurf really did feel like magic when it launched.
- Alifatisk 2y agoDowngraded in which way? Slower responses? Bad suggestions by the llm?