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I was spending around $800 in Cursor and I’ve switched to Claude Code with a $200 subscription and I couldn’t be happier. The experience is way better (although

I was spending around $800 in Cursor and I’ve switched to Claude Code with a $200 subscription and I couldn’t be happier. The experience is way better (although tbh Claude Code is missing some critical features like being able to rollback changes (or, as Cursor calls them “checkpoints”)) but for 99% of my “Vibe Coding”, it’s just great. I usually run 2 to 4 parallel sessions using git worktrees and the speed is absolutely crazy. Of course not everything is perfect and I still have to check most of the code but if you create a good enough set of “memories” (Claude Code’s version of .cursorrules) it gets stuff right almost all the time.

Sammi 1y ago
I use frequent git staging to get a rolling checkpoint. It works with any code or environment.
- floydnoel 1y ago
  also with claude code yesterday i just told it a few times "hey that didn't work, let's go back to what we had before." works just fine also!
ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
> I was spending around $800 in Cursor What are you doing that costs that much? I refactored a whole code base in cursor for < $100 (> 200k lines of code). I don't use completions though. Is that where the costs add up?
- wrsh07 1y ago
  I think if you use premium models you can run up a bill depending on your plan You can configure it so that you use your API keys, which means you just pay cost but o3 is expensive
nasir 1y ago
press esc twice, you get a list of previous checkpoints you can revert back to.
christophilus 1y ago
I stage anything I care about, and use git to rollback. Works for me, and I get to stay in the terminal.
topaz0 1y ago
Hold on a second... are you spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars of your own money to pay for AI? People are doing that?
- goosejuice 1y ago
  That sum is ridiculous, but not everyone is only programming for bigcorp. I've had Cursor Pro for something like 3 years on my own dime. So yes hundreds of hundreds of dollars.
  - laserlight 1y ago
    > I've had Cursor Pro for something like 3 years How do you own Cursor for 3 years, when even ChatGPT is not that old? The earliest Cursor submission to HN was on October 15, 2023 --- not even 2 years old [0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37888477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37888477
    - ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
      Not accusing anyone of anything, but this thread feels filled with automated marketing from all over the place.
      - goosejuice 1y ago
        I've left plenty of criticism on the cursor forums. Do you honestly believe they'd engage in such practices though? That seems highly unlikely to me.
        ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
        I don't see why cursor or their affiliates would be above the practice. It seems generally accepted that many discussions online devolve into, or were initiated as, marketing campaigns. It is probably particularly effective on software developers that claim to be blind to advertisements. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

Sammi 1y ago

I use frequent git staging to get a rolling checkpoint. It works with any code or environment.

floydnoel 1y ago
also with claude code yesterday i just told it a few times "hey that didn't work, let's go back to what we had before." works just fine also!

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago

> I was spending around $800 in Cursor What are you doing that costs that much? I refactored a whole code base in cursor for < $100 (> 200k lines of code). I don't use completions though. Is that where the costs add up?

wrsh07 1y ago
I think if you use premium models you can run up a bill depending on your plan You can configure it so that you use your API keys, which means you just pay cost but o3 is expensive

nasir 1y ago

press esc twice, you get a list of previous checkpoints you can revert back to.

christophilus 1y ago

I stage anything I care about, and use git to rollback. Works for me, and I get to stay in the terminal.

topaz0 1y ago

Hold on a second... are you spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars of your own money to pay for AI? People are doing that?

goosejuice 1y ago
That sum is ridiculous, but not everyone is only programming for bigcorp. I've had Cursor Pro for something like 3 years on my own dime. So yes hundreds of hundreds of dollars.
- laserlight 1y ago
  > I've had Cursor Pro for something like 3 years How do you own Cursor for 3 years, when even ChatGPT is not that old? The earliest Cursor submission to HN was on October 15, 2023 --- not even 2 years old [0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37888477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37888477
  - ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
    Not accusing anyone of anything, but this thread feels filled with automated marketing from all over the place.
    - goosejuice 1y ago
      I've left plenty of criticism on the cursor forums. Do you honestly believe they'd engage in such practices though? That seems highly unlikely to me.
      - ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
        I don't see why cursor or their affiliates would be above the practice. It seems generally accepted that many discussions online devolve into, or were initiated as, marketing campaigns. It is probably particularly effective on software developers that claim to be blind to advertisements. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing