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The solution is use both. They both have their usecases. Cursor's autocomplete and quickly highlight a few lines -> throw into context, plus it's got a very goo
by dmix 6mo ago
The solution is use both. They both have their usecases. Cursor's autocomplete and quickly highlight a few lines -> throw into context, plus it's got a very good file index/API (which burns much less tokens than Claude's grep'ing) and whatever else they are doing underneath to optimize it for coding.
Claude is still gold standard if you're not in an IDE though.
- kid64 6mo agoGrep'ing doesn't use tokens, it uses grep.
- jmalicki 6mo agoClaude has to use more tokens to read the grep output.
- dmix 6mo agoReading files is always the biggest token burning when coding. If it can't find stuff quickly or has to use less and head to trim it before finding it, then you're just wasting context window Cursor both lets you highlight specific lines multiple times per chat and is much quicker at finding stuff.