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YesCursor · 21 Feb 2025

I'd say I've gotten a ~50% productivity boost

Magmalgebra on Hacker News

~50% productivity boost

In the thread “Software engineering job openings hit five-year low?”, replying to this comment

Helped: Using Cursor and knowing how to prompt LLMs accurately.

Got in the way: LLMs seem mostly useless for Rust.

I think experiences are highly variable based on the person and stack. I'd say I've gotten a ~50% productivity boost. I'm quite senior, make FAANG money. …