Some uses I have, e.g. a notepad in Cursor with a predefined set of files and a prompt e.g. to implement storybook stories and documentation out of components I use. I give it the current file I'm working on, and it will generate new files and update documentation files. Similarly for E2E or unit tests, it often suggests cases I would've not thought about.
The people that are negative about these things, because they need to review it, seem to be missing the massive amount of time saved imho.
Many users point to the fact that they spend most of the time thinking, I'm glad for them, most of the time I spend is glueing APIs, boilerplates, refactoring, and on those aspects Cursor helps tremendously.
The biggest killer feature that I get from similar tools (I ditched Copilot recently in favor of it) is that they allow me to stay focused and in the flow longer.
I have a tendency to phase out when tasks get too boring, repetitive or stressed out when I can't come up with a solution. Similarly going on a search engine to find an answer would often put me in a long loop of looking for answers deeply buried in a very long article (you need to help SEO after all, don't you?) and then it would be more likely that I would get distracted by messages on my company chat or social media.
I can easily say that Cursor has made me more productive than I was one year ago.
I feel like the criticism many have comes from the wrong expectations of these tools doing the work for you, whereas they are more into easing out the boring and sometimes the hard parts.
The people that are negative about these things, because they need to review it, seem to be missing the massive amount of time saved imho.
Many users point to the fact that they spend most of the time thinking, I'm glad for them, most of the time I spend is glueing APIs, boilerplates, refactoring, and on those aspects Cursor helps tremendously.
The biggest killer feature that I get from similar tools (I ditched Copilot recently in favor of it) is that they allow me to stay focused and in the flow longer.
I have a tendency to phase out when tasks get too boring, repetitive or stressed out when I can't come up with a solution. Similarly going on a search engine to find an answer would often put me in a long loop of looking for answers deeply buried in a very long article (you need to help SEO after all, don't you?) and then it would be more likely that I would get distracted by messages on my company chat or social media.
I can easily say that Cursor has made me more productive than I was one year ago.
I feel like the criticism many have comes from the wrong expectations of these tools doing the work for you, whereas they are more into easing out the boring and sometimes the hard parts.