A place for developers to talk about building on Farcaster.

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Big news. I'm now a Cursor Ambassador.

Any suggestions or questions for the Cursor team?
Send them over and I'll get them over.

Building getinboxzero.com and sharemint.xyz.

I also run a YouTube channel, "Learn from Open Source": youtube.com/elie2222 

Love cursor but honestly it feels like they’ve started monetizing their platform before it was ready. It’s shifting so rapidly and the results differ wildly. 

We’re seeing greed over product.

Ex-Coinbase. Smart contract developer. Currently on sabbatical sailing and exploring fun new tech

Some people have told me they’re losing money (which I found surprising). But either way they’re  spending hundreds of millions on ai atm. Glad they’re not burning vc cash to give that for free.

Almost many people think the platform is more than ready and a huge productivity boost which is why it’s growing so quick

I think they’re tarnishing their brand image which will make people jump ship as soon as a worthy competitor emerges. They’re up against Microsoft, Google and OpenAI. 

I personally switched to using

I think they’re tarnishing their brand image which will make people jump ship as soon as a worthy competitor emerges. They’re up against Microsoft, Google and OpenAI. 

I personally switched to using https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim

It’s not the fact that it’s a paying it’s because the results are sub par and vary a lot from version to version. Their Reddit is filled with dissatisfied customers. 

I think everyone sees the potential, it’s just a bit frustrating

It’s not the fact that it’s a paying it’s because the results are sub par and vary a lot from version to version. Their Reddit is filled with dissatisfied customers. 

I think everyone sees the potential, it’s just a bit frustrating 

https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor

Have to disagree that asking customers to pay for a product ruins their brand.

But you’re not the sort of customer anyone wants anyway. So makes sense to use a free version open source alternative.