What the Team Behind Cursor Knows About the Future of Code
Cursor team members share their thoughts on building software with AI and why model selection beats prompting tricks
TL;DR
- The role of AI agents is growing, with developers spending more time directing AI and reviewing its output rather than writing code manually.
- Future workflows will likely involve seamless integration between local and cloud-based AI agents.
- Selecting the appropriate AI model for a task is more important than using advanced prompting strategies.
- AI agents can now execute large-scale coding projects over extended periods, as demonstrated by the creation of a web browser.
- Cursor's development team uses their own tool, integrating features like cloud agent migration into their workflow.