Yep this was the moment to finally remember to cancel my cursor subscription. I find it unconscionable to do business with someone who would do business with Elon.
replyZed - https://zed.dev/
replyIntegrates a lot of agents (I use it with OpenRouter and directly with Pi) natively, is fast (you don't realise how laggy VSCode and its forks are).
Biggest disadvantage: lack of extensions. Lots of quality of life missing (e.g. gitignore integration to add/append gitignore files for different languages).
any IDE you like and Claude code - i have no idea why you'd want to use something like Cursor, it's time came and went.
replyBecause cursor gives you access to tons of different models, not just the Claude models.
replyNot to mention the only company that would have any legitimate interest in acquiring Cursor would be Microsoft since they could just merge VSCode and Cursor into one product at very little cost.
replyIronically I cancelled cursor a few days ago. I went back to good old VSCode and just use the Claude code and codex extensions.
reply(disclaimer: I work at ampcode)
replyGive the oracle at amp a go :) Our TUI is really nice as well. Get in touch for some credits.
Zed
replyUntil yesterday I would have recommended VSCode + Copilot. They had the best pricing of any option. However the pricing was unsustainable and is therefor finished.
replyHow's the ai autocomplete? It was unusable in November when I tried it last and went back to Cursor. Slow and when it finally did something it was just not good. Cursor is super fast and actually gives useful results. I just don't want to give my money to Elon, so I might cancel anyways.
replyHonestly couldn't tell you anymore; a year ago I was using AI autocomplete, but today AI is writing all code for me.
replySeriously this is such a common response and it is such an annoying response. Yes I need an IDE. Yes I still find ai autocomplete to be useful. That's why I asked about alternatives for Cursor autocomplete.
replyYou asked him and he replied
replyI was planning to sign up to Copilot, since their pricing was per request not per token.
replyHas that changed now?
Opus 4.5 and 4.6 removed from all plans. 4.7 locked to medium reasoning with 7.5x request multiplier. Per token pricing starting next month.
replyBut you can't actually sign up to Pro or Pro+; they disabled sign ups until the per token pricing starts.
Consider Nimbalyst, its a free visual workspace for Claude Code and Codex that has visual editing of markdown, mockups, diagrams, code with your agents with WYSYWIG diffs as well as task management and kanban session management tied into your agents. Its got a files/plan/editing mode and an agent/sessions mode.
replyI had never heard of it but it looks pretty slick: https://nimbalyst.com/
replyThanks!
I briefly used Cursor but stopped and went back to VSCode after the 3.0 rewrite when they ditched it.
replyThe new UI is literally opt-in. Nothing changed for me.
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