Artem Sapegin
I really wanted to like Cursor, but I just can’t. The UX always felt like a vibe-coded version of Visual Studio Code, but with two recent updates it became unusable for me...
Dec 4 at 11:13amWeb
Show threadArtem SapeginDec 4

(1) New agents/editor toggle that’s not useful for me but very distracting, and cannot be disabled.

I have a need for a non-distracting environment, and unfortunately current UX trends disrespect this need: use of extremely-saturated bright colors, no or very limited theming, no ability to hide distracting UI elements, and, instead, adding new ones sometimes after every other update.

Show threadArtem SapeginDec 4
My Code setup has nothing except the source code and the file name in the window title (and I’d love to hide that annoying icon next to the file name).
Show threadArtem SapeginDec 4
I’ve written about my setup on my blog (https://sapegin.me/blog/adhd-focus/) and more in my book (https://sapegin.me/book/), and I have my own color theme that I use everywhere I can (https://sapegin.me/squirrelsong/).
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Artem Sapegin
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(2) Removal of custom modes support in favor of slash-commands.

Custom AI modes (https://github.com/sapegin/two-step-ai-coding-modes) are part of my workflow — and I don’t see slash-commands as a good alternative, especially as they used to work in Cursor and still work everywhere else.

Show threadflpvskDec 4

@sapegin The editor is one of those important tools I prefer not to be made by anyone other than an opensource community with no corporate overlords (e.g. vim, emacs). Otherwise.. yeah it will gradually prioritize corporate interests.

Trading initial learning curve in favor of long term confidence makes a lot of sense for me personally.

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@flpvsk Well, vim/emacs don't work for me either, though I agree in principle ;-)