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I've been experimenting with having two editors open. If I'm strictly editing, I live in Helix which is fast and comfortable and distraction free, but when I co

I've been experimenting with having two editors open. If I'm strictly editing, I live in Helix which is fast and comfortable and distraction free, but when I could use some AI help I save the file in Helix and reload it in Cursor. When that's done, I save it in Cursor and reload it in Helix and carry on. It's a lot to manage, but I find it better that trying to move my whole workflow into VSCode when really I only want the AI features and then only 30% of the time.

383toast 2y ago
Curious why you only want the AI features 30% of the time? Do you use the Cursor agent mode or just the autocompletion?
- __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
  I usually select functions or classes and workshop them by having a conversation in the composer tab. I find the autocomplete kind of dizzying to work with so I've disabled it. It's just kind of... flickery. This is a me problem. For instance, I've also disabled animation in Slack because I can't focus on talking to people over the "noise" of all of their animated gif's. Mostly I just stay out of Cursor unless I'm conversing with an AI because I find the interface sluggish and awkward to use without a mouse (not Cursor's fault, that's a VSCodium/electron thing) and full of little bugs that end up entangling me in politics between plugin maintainers and VSCode people. I like chasing down bugs and helping people fix them, but that ecosystem is just a bit too busy for me to feel like those efforts are likely to come back at me looking like a return on my investment. If I'm going to be finding and helping fix bugs (which is what I do with most of the tools I use), I want that effort to be in a place that's as open and free as possible--and not coupled to anybody's corporate strategy (these days that's wezterm, zellij, nushell, and helix). I have no animosity for Cursor, and only some animosity for Microsoft, but since I can't help but get involved with the development of my tools, I'd rather get involved elsewhere. So it's really all about managing the scopes within which I'll let myself be distracted, and not at all about AI.
OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago
I have a similar flow for Android Studio. Generate code with AI, compile and fix editors in a real IDE.

383toast 2y ago

Curious why you only want the AI features 30% of the time? Do you use the Cursor agent mode or just the autocompletion?

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago
I usually select functions or classes and workshop them by having a conversation in the composer tab. I find the autocomplete kind of dizzying to work with so I've disabled it. It's just kind of... flickery. This is a me problem. For instance, I've also disabled animation in Slack because I can't focus on talking to people over the "noise" of all of their animated gif's. Mostly I just stay out of Cursor unless I'm conversing with an AI because I find the interface sluggish and awkward to use without a mouse (not Cursor's fault, that's a VSCodium/electron thing) and full of little bugs that end up entangling me in politics between plugin maintainers and VSCode people. I like chasing down bugs and helping people fix them, but that ecosystem is just a bit too busy for me to feel like those efforts are likely to come back at me looking like a return on my investment. If I'm going to be finding and helping fix bugs (which is what I do with most of the tools I use), I want that effort to be in a place that's as open and free as possible--and not coupled to anybody's corporate strategy (these days that's wezterm, zellij, nushell, and helix). I have no animosity for Cursor, and only some animosity for Microsoft, but since I can't help but get involved with the development of my tools, I'd rather get involved elsewhere. So it's really all about managing the scopes within which I'll let myself be distracted, and not at all about AI.

OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago

I have a similar flow for Android Studio. Generate code with AI, compile and fix editors in a real IDE.