I’m an absolute fan of GitHub Copilot when it comes to development. It saves me a lot of time and is well-integrated into my Visual Studio Code. However, it still lacks the code generation capabilities that we see with tools like ChatGPT.
Thankfully, there’s a new IDE in town called Cursor that incorporates AI to help you write code faster and smarter. Trust me, it’s very impressive, and here’s why.
Imagine you’re working on a project with a long list of issues to fix and bugs to address. As you start writing code, you realize that it would be much easier if you had access to someone smarter and more experienced to assist you.
This is precisely where Cursor comes in!
To try this wonder, visit their website and download it! At the moment, Cursor boasts a few key features such as:
- chatting with a ChatGPT-like bot that can analyze your current file,
- editing with AI-powered code suggestions and seeing a live diff of the changes,
- automatic correction of linter errors,
- generating entire code chunks from brief descriptions.
With the continuous development and improvement of AI technology, Cursor and similar tools have the potential to revolutionize the way we approach coding. Give it a try and see how it can help you become a more efficient and productive developer!
To top it off, the developers behind Cursor have big ambitions for the future. They want to create the most productive development environment in the world by utilizing LLMs (Large Scale Language Models). With this, they hope to offer features like automatic repository repair, error correction, and direct integration of AI-generated documentation into the user interface.
As science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said, ‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ And that’s precisely what Cursor feels like.
If you’re a developer, treat yourself to the pleasure of working alongside AI. Your life will be much sweeter.
Happy coding!
