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NoCursor · 3 Jun 2026

Cursor yesterday tried to remove a document format from the codebase because it was convinced that it was non-existant, turns out that not only does it exist and is vitally important for our shipping process, but also the API it comes from does not document its existence at all

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Got in the way: Removed vital undocumented document format, breaking shipping process.

Not to mention the fact that even the most well documented codebase will have documentation blindspots about real-world concerns or limitations that LLMs cant know about. Cursor yesterday tried to remove a document format from the codebase because it was convinced that it was non-existant, turns out that not only does it exist and is vitally important for our shipping process, but also the API it comes from does not document its existence at all.