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I gave up on using Cursor and here's why
Consistent_Sally_11 February 18, 2025
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I mean, I'm not here to say that Cursor is not useful, I'm here to tell my own story as an indie dev.
After a while and after the first excitement gasped away, I realised that there's a reason why coding is mind "flow" and concentration, you have to concentrate on what you're doing and doing it well, you have to remember what you did and why you did it, even after weeks.
I ended up "autopiloting" my flow, I was not thinking at what I was doing. After few days I did not remember why some things were done like that, I did not remember what I've did simply because I was not focused while I was coding, I was just keep on pushing "tab" and thinking about something else and losing focus. I guess this could be the "golden egg" for employed devs because you simply squeeze your mind less and deliver the daily s\*\*t but I think this is not good on the long run, both for the dev and for the company.
I was just "abusing", it was too easy to code. Devs must know how to code and must focus on what they're doing to learn and improve. First I tought that a junior dev would have done the job of a senior and a newbie would have done the job of a junior, but now I don't think so anymore. You have to be accountable on the stuff I write and I can't just blame the AI when my code has flows or doesn't work.
My new habit is the old one: asking chatGPT something and use it after critical review now it's fine for me but autopiloting my code I guess it's not good because I was too much temped to let the AI do my job and it was too easy to get carried away.
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[https://gist.github.com/jasonkneen/4c065df2d7a95610e4fd30c3e3398b17](https://gist.github.com/jasonkneen/4c065df2d7a95610e4fd30c3e3398b17)
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Anyone else here doing full-stack Next.js in Cursor and watching the Claude quota evaporate before lunch? I used to be in the same boat — massive context windows from all the components, pages, and DB logic would smoke the default limits fast. Not anymore. I’ve been on this setup for weeks and basically never hit a wall while still getting top-tier answers. Here’s exactly what I do: **1. .cursorrules is non-negotiable** I keep one in the root of every project. The key line I added: “Never explain the code to me. Just output the code blocks.” That single rule saves me thousands of output tokens a day. No more walls of “here’s what I changed and why” — just the goods. **2. Stopped using Cursor’s built-in Claude quota** I killed the default Cursor Pro subscription for the heavy stuff. Instead I use my own API keys and point Cursor’s “OpenAI Compatible” base URL at LLM Router Gateway. Inside [llmrouter](https://llmrouter.app/) routing settings I set up simple tags routing like this: * **UI & CSS tweaks**: gemini-3.1-flash → gpt-5.4-mini * **Deep backend / complex logic**: claude-opus-4.6 → deepseek-v3.2 * **General / quick questions**: llama-4-scout I sorted the fallback chains by speed vs intelligence. The router auto-detects the query type, so 90% of my UI polish and small fixes go to Gemini (basically free + huge context). I only actually hit Claude Opus 4.6 when I’m doing nasty database refactors or tricky architecture stuff. My Anthropic bill dropped \~70% overnight. **3. Cmd+K for everything small** Don’t open the full chat sidebar just to rename a variable or extract a component. Highlight the code, hit Cmd+K, let a fast model handle the inline edit. Saves a ton of tokens and feels way snappier. That’s it. Super simple but it completely changed how much I can actually use Cursor in a day. How are you all managing the limits? Using a Cursor Team? Or did you build your own router hacks too? Drop your setups — always looking to steal better ideas.
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Cursor V3 is a significant regression
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Introducing Cursor 3
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Graniteman 125
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They kinda cute
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