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NoCursor · 18 Jul 2025

But for most of my work it produces poor results and ends up being a net negative for productivity - for now

ak217 on Hacker News

In the thread “My experience with Claude Code after two weeks of adventures”, replying to this comment

Helped: Tab completion and agentic mode for unfamiliar languages or throwaway code.

Got in the way: Reviewing agent output is a chore and requires choosing between security and functionality.

… It's also incredibly useful when working with a language or framework that I don't fully understand (but the model understands better). But for most of my work it produces poor results and ends up being a net negative for productivity - for now. I'm sure this will improve, but for now I consistently get better results in Cursor.