IDEs - VS Code vs Cursor

Are you using an IDE for writing this? I can't recommend Cursor enough. The AI implementation is outstanding and gets full context, which I'd estimate speeds things up by a factor of 5.

I rebuilt this web app from scratch using it in two weeks. Version 1 took me about 3 months.

You'd probably have to run the prompt from a resource folder but it may actually glean UX advantages to work that way. Hard to say.

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I'm just using VS Code. I'll take a look at Cursor at some point in the future, but not while I'm in the middle of some fairly complicated projects. Thanks!

FWIW, Cursor is a fork of VSC and imports all your settings. I transferred across and it was seamless.

Oh man, I really don't need to get sidetracked on this, but you're like a crack dealer. For now I'll hold off, but I don't know for how long. :rofl:

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What IDE is recommendable when you want to use your own API key for LLM requests?

My experience is limited to VSC, Trae and Cursor. I know you can use your own API key with Cursor, but I haven't found the need, as all the usual suspects are included with unlimited access to most of them.

I used API keys (mostly for Claude 3.5 Sonnet) with an extension for PyCharm and compared to these 20 USD/month plans it was much cheaper. That’s why I was asking.