Cursor was one of the first AI editors I used, but recently Aider has completely replaced the AI assisted coding for me. I still use cursor but just as an editor, all LLM work is done with aider in the shell.
I replaced Cursor with continue.dev. It allows me to run AI models locally and connect it with a vscode plugin instead of replacing vscode with a whole new IDE, and it's open source.
Check out https://sophia.dev Its AI tooling I've built on top of Aider for the code editing. I initially built it before Aider added support for running compile and lint commands, as it would often generate changes which wouldn't compile.
The other different is I have a file selection agent and a code review agent, which often has some good fixes/improvements.
I use both, I'll use Aider if its something I feel it will right the first time or I want control over the files in the context, otherwise I'll use the agent in Sophia.
I was going to ask what size and complexity of projects OP uses it on. I can’t imagine doing my work just with a tool like that. Cursor is pretty impressive and a definite sooner boost though.
Fair point, most projects I do are prototypes and concepts for ideas I have. Up to 2000 lines of code, built from scratch. The mode of work is me commanding 95% of the time and coding about 5%.
