For developers - why Cursor is worth using in everyday life

For developers - why Cursor is worth using in everyday life

AI in development tools is no longer a gimmick - it has become a real work tool.

Why use Cursor as a developer?

• Context understanding at the project level: It doesn't just see the line you write, but understands the context of the entire file - and often your entire repository.
• Refactoring that makes sense: Not just suggestions for one line - but real rewriting of functions or components with understanding of the logic.
• Tight integration with Git: Makes it possible to commit changes directly based on the AI's suggestions - incl. commit messages.
• Designed for developers: Cursor is not a prompt toy - it is a tool built for collaboration between humans and machines in a dev context

And most importantly: It is built for developers, not by prompt engineers.

Here are three reasons to use Cursor as part of your workflow:

• You can quickly understand unfamiliar code – without reading the entire project
• You save time writing tests because Cursor understands your business logic
• You can refactor multiple connected files – not just a single line

However, skepticism is still high about AI-based code.

But Cursor also only makes sense in the workflow of an experienced developer. Not because the experienced developer expects it to solve the task for them – but because they know what a good solution should look like.

Cursor is therefore not there to replace experience. It is there to reinforce it.

When you can spot bad code, imprecise tests or incomprehensible structure – then you can use Cursor to improve it. To give a new bid. To save yourself the mechanical part. But without that filter, without the critical sense, you risk just making your problem faster – not better.

So no, it is not necessarily for everyone. But for developers who know what “good” looks like – and who dare to let a tool help them along the way – Cursor is one of the most useful things we’ve seen in a long time.

Do you use AI in your editor?

Good day!

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