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The most underrated thing I do on nearly every cursor suggestion is to follow up with “are there any better ways to do this?”.
by ripped_britches 2y ago
The most underrated thing I do on nearly every cursor suggestion is to follow up with “are there any better ways to do this?”.
- smcnally 2y agoA deeper version of the same idea is to ask a second model to check the first model’s answers. aider’s “architect” is an automated version of this approach. https://aider.chat/docs/usage/modes.html#architect-mode-and-the-editor-model https://aider.chat/docs/usage/modes.html#architect-mode-and-...
- avandekleut 2y agoI always ask it to "analyze approached to achieve X and then make a suggestion, no code" in the chat. Then a refinement step where I give feedback on the generated code. I also always try to give it an "out" between making changes and keeping it to same to stave off the bias of action.
- cootsnuck 2y agoYea, the "analyze and explain but no code yet" approach works well. Let's me audit its approach beforehand.