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YesCursor · 28 Sep 2024

Even though I review every piece of code it generates and make sure I understand it, it still saves me a ton of time

hn_throwaway_99 on Hacker News

In the thread “I Am Tired of AI”, replying to this comment

Helped: Asking questions about large codebase and saving time on code generation.

… But I don't "turn [my] thinking over to machines". Even though I review every piece of code it generates and make sure I understand it, it still saves me a ton of time. Heck, some of the most value I get from Cursor isn't even it generating code for me, it's getting to ask questions about a very large codebase with many maintainers where I'm unfamiliar with large chunks. …