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This is cool! I'm a regular user of Cursor (I barely write any code now - just prompt and tab tab tab).

The thing that's really keeping me in Cursor (vs decamping for Zed) is NOT the Cmd K or the sidebar chat. It's actual Cursor's Tab autocomplete model. I've tried many other tab completion models and Cursor Tab blows them out of the water. Supermaven's new release is promising, however.

For the use-case you're solving for (issues with code-privacy), I think something like https://codeium.com/ does already allow for on-prem deployments with enterprise support. I'm trying to think of who would be served well by a fork of VSCode vs Continue.dev or something like a codeium VPS deployment.

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Curious: what is your use case for cursor, i.e. what is the problem domain or complexity level (on a scale from boilerplate code to core architecture) that you typically work with? Also what plan are you on and is that enough for your needs?

Hi, we're working with an large typescript codebase and I develop fully fledged features with Cursor which involve non-trivial UI wiring up work. Decent amount of state management using React too.

It's definitely not boilerplate level code - but it also also stops well short of architecture level work. Here's a recent prompt of me trying to implement line-by-line diff generation: https://pastebin.com/WRJpNwqc

When I need to do architectural/design work, I do it in multiple passes, not generating any code, just lots detailed text with tons of feedback/back-and-forth with the model.

I'm on the pro plan but it's not enough for my needs - I run through the quota in 10-15 days. Then, I revert to using Sonnet 3.5 via API key.

Big fan of Codeium here. They're the only player who took vim/neovim users seriously from the start, and it's great to see people building extensions like monkoose/neocodeium. Their models or ux may not always be the best available, but their understanding of their target market and their product positioning is peak IMO, particularly the enterprise/on-prem options you mentioned. My money's on them long-term.

Yeah, I have not given enough time and did so yesterday; it suggests new parameters for example, so I only have to begin a "refactoring" and then tab tab... Vim guys are missing out.

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