Cursor

A VS Code fork built around the model. The inline edits and codebase-aware chat are genuinely fast; the cost is yet another editor to keep in sync. Strong for day-to-day editing, less so for long autonomous runs.

How I tested it

I ran Cursor on macOS · 220-file repo, version 2.4, across two weeks of ordinary project work — the refactors, the migrations, the test coverage. Not a benchmark harness; the real, unglamorous middle of building something. Last retested 5 days ago, and the notes below come from that run.

Where it lands

The honest read after that stretch is in the verdict and the rating, both of which I revisit on every retest. When either moves, the changelog says why. Nothing here is a one-time score.

Verdict

It earns a place in the daily rotation. Use it — and keep verifying the output, like everything else.