Cursor on Duly Noted

cursor CEO on coding - appreciative of the code

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:58:56 +0000

“Vibe coding refers to a method of coding with AI where you kind of close your eyes and you don’t look at the code at all and you just ask the AI to go build the thing for you,” he said.
Truell likened it to building a house by putting up four walls and a roof without knowing what’s going on under the floorboards or with the wiring.
This coding method may be perfect for AI users looking to quickly mock up a game or website, but when it comes to more advanced programming, things have the potential to go wrong, he warned.
“If you close your eyes and you don’t look at the code and you have AIs build things with shaky foundations as you add another floor, and another floor, and another floor, and another floor, things start to kind of crumble,” he said.

I get this sentiment, but then I don’t understand why cursor is going for the ‘agent’ mode now in its newer updates. I want to be able to see the code not just the ai panel.

one counter factual study in a sea of AI hype

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 01:21:10 +0000

Before starting tasks, developers forecast that allowing AI will reduce completion time by 24%. After completing the study, developers estimate that allowing AI reduced completion time by 20%. Surprisingly, we find that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%—AI tooling slowed developers down. This slowdown also contradicts predictions from experts in economics (39% shorter) and ML (38% shorter).

This report made the rounds. the aha study showing a slowdown. But here’s my take.

deep dive on Cursor tech stack

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:50:19 +0000

Monolith: the backend service is mostly a large monolith, and is deployed as one. This is a reminder that monoliths work pretty well for early-stage startups and can help teams move fast.

This is a shameless plug for Martin fowler as well. first get it working, then make it better.

_{Quote Citation: Gergely Orosz, “Real-world engineering challenges: building Cursor”, JUN 10, 2025, https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/cursor}