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Cursor vs Windsurf - which is the BEST AI Code Editor?
Windsurf and Cursor are top-of-the-line AI code editors. They have many powerful features ranging from AI code assistance to Agentic AI capabilities. But which one is the best? I review both to find out.
For the first time, I use my new Volo Score methodology to evaluate these two AI coding tools across a number of critical areas and determine the ultimate winner.
📚 Resources:
- Volo Score explained: ua-cam.com/video/szDo4vbdiLQ/v-deo.html
- Volo Score official scoring rubric: volobuilds.github.io/VoloScore/
- Windsurf: codeium.com/windsurf
- Cursor: www.cursor.com/
- Free AI Coding Prompt Guide: github.com/VoloBuilds/prompts/blob/main/LearnToCode.md
🚀 In This Video, You'll learn:
- Which AI code editor is best
- How does Windsurf compare to Cursor
- What features does Windsurf have
- What features does Cursor have
- Is Cursor better than Windsurf?
- Is Windsurf better than Cursor?
- Coding in 2024
- Web Development 2024
💡 Perfect for Viewers Interested in:
- AI coding tool reviews
- Best AI coding tools
- Windsurf AI code editor by Codeium
- Cursor AI code editor
- Software Development
- Future of coding
- Coding with AI
- Learning about the latest AI tools
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Chapters:
00:00 - The Volo Score
01:22 - Context Awareness
04:17 - Output Quality
06:31 - Autonomy
09:18 - Iteration Size
10:08 - Iteration Speed
11:03 - Capabilities
14:05 - Flexibility
15:55 - Ease of Use
17:32 - Reliability
20:27 - Value
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Відео

Introducing the Volo Score (eval for AI coding tools)
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The Volo Score is an evaluation scorecard for AI coding tools. It is designed to benchmark tools against an "ideal" AI coding tool. This approach seeks to cut through the hype and focus on real-world capabilities. The ideal AI coding tool that would receive the perfect score of 100 would be able to generate an entire feature-rich enterprise-grade application based on a short back-and-forth conv...
Windsurf AI first impressions (better than Cursor?)
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Windsurf is a new AI-powered code editor from Codeium that makes coding much faster with the help of AI. It may even challenge Cursor for the best AI coding editor around. I dive into the details with this hands on tutorial and give my first impressions. 📚 Resources: - Windsurf: codeium.com/windsurf - Free AI Coding Prompt Guide: github.com/VoloBuilds/prompts/blob/main/LearnToCode.md 🚀 In This ...
How to build advanced RAG systems with AI-generated SQL
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Using AI to generate SQL queries to power a RAG (retrieval augmented generation) application is a powerful way to add an AI layer to your product. I have built several applications like this for my enterprise software clients and today I'll share the fundamentals of building such apps with you. This is an in-depth hands-on tutorial about building AI-powered applications with the power of AI-gen...
Stop using v0 - do THIS instead (Cursor + shadcn/ui)
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Vercel's v0 uses AI to create beautiful UIs but the magic really happens because of shadcn components! I'll show you how you can create UIs just like v0 in Cursor without needing the extra subscription - and with all the flexibility of editing and managing your code in a full-fledged code editor. 🛠️ Resources: - GitHub: github.com/VoloBuilds/vite-react-shadcn-demo - Shadcn vite installation ins...
Cursor vs Bolt vs Replit vs v0 [Best AI Coding Tool]
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I compare the top AI coding agents and tools - Cursor, Bolt.new, Replit Agents, and v0. This is a realistic hands-on view of what you can expect from these tools and I try to build the same basic app with each of them. 🚀 In This Video, You'll learn: - Which AI coding tool is best - Best AI coding agent - Best AI coding assistant - Cursor vs Replit vs v0 vs Bolt.new - Best way to code with AI - ...
I taught my wife how to code with Cursor in 67 minutes
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I showed my wife how to use Cursor and Claude Sonnet 3.5 to build a real AI-powered application without knowing how to code! It turned out to be a very realistic view of what it's like for someone who doesn't know how to code to use tools like Cursor (hint: it's still very hard!) The reality is that there are many concepts like environmental variables, packages, APIs, shortcuts, and more - that...
6 Common Mistakes to AVOID when coding with AI
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Coding with Cursor or any other AI coding assistant has some potential downfalls. In this video I'll share 6 common mistakes that you should try to avoid when coding with AI. This will save you a ton of time and 📚 Resources: - Cursor: www.cursor.com - Free AI Coding Prompt Guide: github.com/VoloBuilds/prompts/blob/main/LearnToCode.md 🚀 In This Video, You'll learn: - How to avoid common AI codin...
How I built a REAL Full Stack App in 5hr using Cursor
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Cursor is a powerful new code editor that makes coding much faster with the help of AI. In this video I will use Cursor and Claude Sonnet 3.5 to build a REAL full stack app ("Survey Mage") from scratch and deploy it. This realistic hands-on tutorial goes in depth and beyond simple demos you'll often see elsewhere. I want to show you how you can actually use Cursor in a real-world project (not j...
7 Cursor Hacks to become the FASTEST coder
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Cursor is a powerful new AI-powered code editor IDE that makes coding much faster with the help of AI. In this video I will use Cursor and Claude Sonnet 3.5 to create an AI-powered chatbot and give you 7 tips on how to best use Cursor. 📚 Resources: - Cursor: www.cursor.com - Free AI Coding Prompt Guide: github.com/VoloBuilds/prompts/blob/main/LearnToCode.md 🚀 In This Video, You'll learn: - How ...
Cursor AI Tutorial for Beginners (How I Code 159% Faster)
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Cursor is a powerful new AI-powered code editor that makes coding much faster with the help of AI. In this video I will show you the fastest way to code with the best AI coding tools: Cursor and Claude Sonnet 3.5. 📚 Resources: - The app I built: www.qrkon.com - Free AI Coding Prompt Guide: github.com/VoloBuilds/prompts/blob/main/LearnToCode.md 🚀 In This Video, You'll learn: - How to use Cursor ...
Is AI Coding ACTUALLY 10x Faster? [REAL RESULTS]
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Cursor and Claude Sonnet 3.5 make coding with AI a breeze, but is it really 10x faster? Or is the speed boost an illusion? I built the same app two ways - with the help of AI and manually with no AI assistance. Based on this real-world experiment, I provide an estimate for how much faster AI-assisted coding is. 📚 Resources: - The app I built: www.qrkon.com - Free AI Coding Prompt Guide: github....
The 5 Levels of Understanding AI
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Many claim to be AI experts, but how deep does their knowledge actually go? These are the level of understanding from casual AI use to applied AI, training models, architectures, etc. 📚 Resources: - Pew research survey: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/26/americans-use-of-chatgpt-is-ticking-up-but-few-trust-its-election-information/ - Andrej's channel: @AndrejKarpathy (for advanced in-de...
What are AI Agents -- and how do they work?
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Can AI create NEW ideas?
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How To Learn Coding FAST (using AI)
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How to deploy Custom GPT Actions for FREE
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GPTs vs Assistants API - which one is best for you?
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How to make GPTs with Actions and Knowledge | D&D Homebrew GPT
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @tarektarek6073
    @tarektarek6073 4 години тому

    Windsurf was working very good but the last days it's doing everything wrong even the most basic programming tasks I don't know if it's Claude, but there is definitely something changed. It's not good anymore, I hope they do something about it.

  • @dvidsvijdsvijodsvijdsv
    @dvidsvijdsvijodsvijdsv 22 години тому

    any updates since node was added to replit? :D

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 18 годин тому

      Have not tried it since that update, but will likely revisit Replit at some point relatively soon to give it a Volo Score!

  • @johntor-yr3gh
    @johntor-yr3gh День тому

    Cursor can do machine learning, but Winsurf always fails.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 18 годин тому

      In what sense? What specific ML activity are you talking about?

  • @jesseuwuigbe2945
    @jesseuwuigbe2945 День тому

    Great video......are you Founder/Pioneer for this tool I search all through UA-cam and it seems you aere the only one that have a video on this tool

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 18 годин тому

      Thanks - but I'm not talking about a tool in the video - just my methodology for scoring AI coding tools. The Volo Score is something I came up with to do that in a comprehensive way

  • @suchuanyi
    @suchuanyi День тому

    Github copilot add a new feature like the composer, but still in preview version

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 18 годин тому

      Cool - I have (surprisingly) not yet tried GitHub Copilot - I just keep hearing negative things about it so it's been low on my list. But I suppose a lot of people use it so I should probably check it out and give it a Volo Score

  • @PhanHuy88
    @PhanHuy88 День тому

    Mate I like you knowledge sharing video about AI like this and the RAG one. Please make more of this kind of video.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 18 годин тому

      Thank you very much! Yeah these videos are valuable but tend to get less attention since they're a bit more advanced. I will continue to sprinkle them in and keep a good mix of content :)

  • @AdhyaPranata
    @AdhyaPranata День тому

    No WSL support yet?

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 18 годин тому

      Yea sounds like they are missing this at the moment

  • @steveoc64
    @steveoc64 День тому

    I use gpt o1-preview a bit during the design phase. Its answers are pretty good, but the details are still 100% wrong, all of the time. At best, it throws in some decent ideas, wrapped in a pile of inaccurate and misleading ideas. The rest of my workload has increased dramatically thanks to AI - other devs using cursor and whatever else to generate “almost done” patches that need to be reviewed.. fixed .. or just rewritten from scratch The number of PRs per sprint has gone up, but productivity- if measured in terms of production quality releases - is way in the toilet

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Yea I have noticed that the AI tools are kind of like a multiplier - so when you multiple low quality work it just makes things worse. Teams need to find ways to control quality - it's tempting to just push push push but then you'll end up in a mess. Thanks for sharing your experience.

  • @i_fuk_religion
    @i_fuk_religion 2 дні тому

    5 minutes to write code, and 30 minutes of debugging a button...

  • @koen.mortier_fitchen
    @koen.mortier_fitchen 2 дні тому

    I have $220 maxed out Cursor account. Can’t go over at 5000 fast requests. I would give Cursor a 2.5 at this point and Windsurf and Aide a 1 for new idea teasers and starting competition.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Woah - what are you doing to blast through 5000 fast requests?

  • @amodsahabandu
    @amodsahabandu 2 дні тому

    This is an excellent comparison. I'll still stick to cursor for now despite the v0.43 fiasco. Windsurf is around two weeks old afaik and looks so promising though. Edit: I gave Windsurf a try. The lack of WSL support is a massive dealbreaker for me. Will be sticking with cursor for now. Had high hopes going in. What a shame.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Yeah v0.43 has been a bit sketchy so far but I'm still primarily using Cursor at the moment. Windsurf is iterating quickly though - they just added image support yesterday. Will have to re-evaluate as both tools mature. Also going to check out some other tools and do more of these reviews

  • @Kai-dy5lw
    @Kai-dy5lw 2 дні тому

    "These software need more human interaction" , then proceeds to read from chatgpt 😂. Loved the quick overview of each software tho. Much love.❤

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Haha glad you enjoyed it!

  • @fabriziocasula
    @fabriziocasula 2 дні тому

    i've been using it for at least 10 days! i used cursor before! i find windsurfing superior in the quality of the results

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Nice - any tips for getting the most out of it?

    • @fabriziocasula
      @fabriziocasula 11 годин тому

      @@VoloBuilds it seems to me windsurf has the project more under control! but maybe I'm wrong?

  • @MikeStahl
    @MikeStahl 2 дні тому

    It started out good and then seemed to stop inserting code for me. I tried many things. And it also seemed to not perform as well over time like it swtiched away from claude to GPT4 which isn't nearly as good.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Yeah it is pretty new and over my week-long use of it, somewhat hit or miss. Like sometimes it was amazing and other times it would fail with basic things. Hopefully the team can make it more reliable. I compared it in depth with Cursor recently and that is an area where I think Cursor definitely has the lead currently.

    • @MikeStahl
      @MikeStahl 4 години тому

      @@VoloBuilds It started out very well and there are impressive things about it. Just some bugs to work out.

  •  2 дні тому

    Great video! How about a similar review of Cline? Price is also an important factor. Cursor is after all, twice the cost of Windsurf, and cline is free (*) 😅

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 17 годин тому

      Yes, will do one of Cline at some point soon! Price is important, but when you consider how much time these tools save and how valuable software is - saving half an hour per month justifies the cost. So to me they are all in a similar price category. Also, it's hard to compare Cursor and Windsurf price apples to apples because Cursor measures "requests" and Windsurf measures "steps" and I don't think they are the same. It's also unclear what happens when you reach Windsurf 1000 step cap - whereas with Cursor we know it just goes to unlimited slow requests (so unlimited usage for the $20/mo)

    •  15 годин тому

      @@VoloBuilds very good points :) I'm liking Windsurf more than cursor for now and have a Cline agent configured with a free Gemini key on both that I use whenever I feel windsurf gets stuck or am unsure about its results. I've also had them tackle the same bug after each other as a peer review a few times. Works pretty well!

  • @marvin_hansen
    @marvin_hansen 3 дні тому

    Thanks for the review. Seems fair and balancer to me. I just completed my first 10kLoC of Rust written by Windsurf. Basically, Windsurf nailed it most of the time. It wrote the implementation, all tests, all docs, all examples, benchmarks, profiled, and optimized the code. My favorite feature is that it can summarize all commits of the day as a well formatted PR message, which really makes a difference since I would otherwise write a one liner. The other thing that still boggles my my mind is that Windsurf somehow found a SIMD equivalent optimization that works on X86 and ARM64 even without using the underlying intrinsics. This is so next level that it's a very safe bet that in about a year or two, the vast majority of all software will be written by AI.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Nice, that is impressive! Glad you enjoyed the review

  • @drummermike5150
    @drummermike5150 3 дні тому

    Thanks for all you do and helping this SQL Developer get started with these awesome AI coding tools. Also, thanks for not creating click-bait and giving honest opinions.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thank you so much, Mike! Really appreciate your support :)

  • @StevenAkinyemi
    @StevenAkinyemi 3 дні тому

    This is what a review should be about not emotional click-baitey mess like Theo's pseudo-review. Bro should just stick to article recitation like Primeagen.

  • @sLavoncheg
    @sLavoncheg 3 дні тому

    I don't like Windsurf much for now, BUT I'm sure it'll be much better than Cursor in nearest future. I just today realized that Windsurf is only two weeks after first release and Cursor is more than 1.5 years. So I'm excited to following up for releases and continue to compare them. For now I'm using both on Pro paid period.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Yeah it's quite impressive for how brand new it is!

    • @sLavoncheg
      @sLavoncheg 3 дні тому

      @@VoloBuilds but there is a big issue for them - Cursor realized 0.43 patch where they have all Windsurf's features in composer and it's amazing. So I don't know how Windsurf will impress customers :(

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      @@sLavoncheg Yeah I'm about to try it out, but I heard that there are some issues with it and got mixed reviews. So maybe Windsurf agentic capabilities are still a step up. Will look into this in my next video!

    • @sLavoncheg
      @sLavoncheg 3 дні тому

      @@VoloBuilds enable lint check in settings as beta and that’s too cool to be real. It fixes errors itself 🧠

  • @MarvijoSoftware
    @MarvijoSoftware 3 дні тому

    Both very good but have some issues. Another objective Cursor vs Windsurf review: ua-cam.com/video/duLRNDa-CR0/v-deo.html

  • @marilynlucas5128
    @marilynlucas5128 3 дні тому

    WIND SURF!

  • @PeterStrmberg007
    @PeterStrmberg007 3 дні тому

    Thanks for this. So many so-called “Cursor Killers” out there, but nothing comes close. Great to find an honest UA-camr who knows his stuff. I tried running on the API key for a day. I burned through $45 in 6 hours. So Cursors $20 a month is a bargain. If it saved only 30 minutes a month compared to VSCode, it’s worth it.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thank you!! Yeah the consistency and reliability is why I keep using Cursor. Kind of concerning seeing some folks mentioning issues with v0.43 but I haven't tried it yet (trying to get some other work stuff done first). Pro plan is easily worth it

  • @telegrphavenuetv
    @telegrphavenuetv 3 дні тому

    I found out that you have to be very specific znd the cascade will do wonders for you

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Any specific tips that have helped you in that regard?

    • @telegrphavenuetv
      @telegrphavenuetv 3 дні тому

      @VoloBuilds sometimes it tends to hallucinate once the thread gets long. Using the revert feature(on the prompt that messed things up) and ending the conversation has proven to be effective. In order to continue just start a new cascade convo and ask it to CD into your directory to get context. Then you can continue building

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      @@telegrphavenuetv Thanks for the suggestions!

  • @pisanghangus2
    @pisanghangus2 3 дні тому

    Great review . Your experience is similar to mine

  • @XXAI-1
    @XXAI-1 3 дні тому

    as a beginner ,who can tell me choose which one

    • @Ozla102
      @Ozla102 3 дні тому

      If price is not the major concern, cursor is a more mature model.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      If you are new to coding, Windsurf has a slightly easier learning curve and does more thanks to the agentic capabilities. But if you've coded before and now switching to AI coding tools, I'd suggest Cursor since I find it to be stronger overall (currently).

  • @henriquematias1986
    @henriquematias1986 3 дні тому

    Very good review. Worth noticing as well you can lose time with some of those tools by actually hiting your head on the wall sometimes instead of getting the job done “by hand”

  • @hamburger--fries
    @hamburger--fries 3 дні тому

    The new cursor release is wonky.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Damn, that's unfortunate - I've heard the sentiment a few times. A bit anxious about upgrading :) And of course the hype guys are all saying "this is AGI" and "changes everything" (as always) 😅

  • @AhmedAlhaj
    @AhmedAlhaj 3 дні тому

    Thanks for comparing in details, really useful. I noticed that Windsurf is buggy in Windows but works perfectly in MacOS, I have no idea why but i hope some1 can confirm this

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      I suspect this is true! Most sillicon valley devs of these tools are using 100% Macs so I wonder if the testing is lacking for Windows. In fact, I was able to fix my undo/redo line removal issue by manually configuring Windsurf to use "LF" instead of "CRLF" as the default line separator. This wasn't an issue in Cursor, so I didn't expect to have to change it here. Now I'm wondering what other bugs I saw that may not be an issue on Mac..

  • @latchulatu
    @latchulatu 3 дні тому

    really great review, thank you!!. For a full-time developer, the 20-dollar plan of Cursor with a limit of 500 requests per month feels too restrictive. On the other hand, Windsurf is only 10 dollars per month with no request limit, making it far superior at the moment. (Of course, I understand this might not be a sustainable pricing model.) I think it would have been better if the video mentioned Windsurf's overwhelming advantage in terms of request limits at this point. I have a question: Does Cursor's 40-dollar plan allow for almost unlimited requests, or is there a limit of 1,000 requests?

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thank you! I did upgrade to $40/mo for Cursor but was rarely hitting the 500 requests/mo for whatever reason. Maybe I just use a lot of auto-complete and not too much context/small prompts? Not sure! But the 500 isn't an actual limit because you actually have unlimited requests - but they just get queued. Usually the queue is 10 seconds or less, so it's not terrible. Also, I don't think the Cursor requests are the same as the Windsurf requests - because they are 1000 "steps" and one request is likely to take multiple steps. There is no clarity regarding how much you've used and what happens when you hit 1000.

  • @web3cryptos
    @web3cryptos 3 дні тому

    Nocode builder, windsurf is easy to use esp with large projects, in cursor I seem to hit limit faster for free plan. Context+ file structure+codes+dependencies= you're done.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Interesting; I feel like I code pretty frequently but I am not really hitting these limits. I did upgrade to $40/mo though and I don't use docs too frequently so perhaps it's the way I use it. The windsurf 1000 steps thing needs clarification; I have no idea how quickly it is reached or what happens when you reach it

  • @ewm5487
    @ewm5487 3 дні тому

    I'm a Pro subscriber to Cursor. Would definitely try Windsurf but they lack WSL support which is a no-go. They also lack multimodal prompt capabilities. Cline: heard a lot of good things but it didn't produce a working program for me where cursor did. So I'll be with cursor for the moment.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Oh interesting! I didn't realize they are missing WSL support. But yeah they really need to add the image upload. Thanks for sharing your experience w/ Cline - I've had a lot of ppl suggest that one to me; will be checking it out soon.

  • @elliscaicedo9045
    @elliscaicedo9045 3 дні тому

    Windsurf a like so much cuz the app read all my folders in the project

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Yeah the automatic file identification is pretty great; I saw that Cursor also just added it in v0.43 - I'm curious if it's as good

  • @FuturePulse_nl
    @FuturePulse_nl 3 дні тому

    Good review. But there are seven hundred million code editors being released every day, so you'll have to make a lot of videos if you really want to create a reliable score that tells us which tool is the best. Bolt, for instance, is one of those apps that are becoming popular and already has a few forks.

  • @serhiikhatko8822
    @serhiikhatko8822 3 дні тому

    Volo, you have done a fantastic and great job. Thanks for such content. Keep up the good work, your opinion and experience are very important and interesting.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thank you, Serhii! Appreciate your support :)

  • @dm204375
    @dm204375 3 дні тому

    I think this is a fair review from an experienced developer. For me as a non programmer windsurf pulls way ahead simply because I was able to make my first app and have zero programming knowledge or even how to use VS code interface. I tried cursor and while the interface was the same the experience was not. I think a fair way to describe the experience is Cursor is like driving a manual transmission while Windsurf is automatic, with fully autonomous driving as the holy grail we should strive for.

    • @txreal2
      @txreal2 3 дні тому

      Good analogy. I'm too a beginner. Will try out Windsurf. Thanks

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thank you so much for sharing your experience from this different perspective! You're right - as an experienced dev, it can be hard for me to fully imagine being a total beginner. Which is why the video I did with my wife was so funny to me - it did not go as I expected, and we ended up sifting through a ton of basics but apparently it was really helpful to a lot of other beginners! Good analogy btw - and totally agree about the ultimate goal of full automation.

    • @sLavoncheg
      @sLavoncheg 3 дні тому

      Cursor has "Composer" that is kinda-automatic like too

  • @melvinjongen1697
    @melvinjongen1697 3 дні тому

    New update cursor sucks a lott also the @codebase is gone

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Oh no :( About to try it out now, we'll see how it goes. The changelog looked really impressive but I've seen mixed reviews

  • @dannyprats824
    @dannyprats824 3 дні тому

    ​ @VoloBuilds GPT Pilot (Pythagora) is better.. Since last year it has already been integrated with most of the features mentioned in this video, in addition to being the pioneer in being 100% multi-agent based. You should seriously give it a chance.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thanks for the suggestion, will check it out!

  • @aculz
    @aculz 4 дні тому

    and remember, this windsurf is like just 2weeks ages compared to cursor with 1,5 years ages based on release date. to be honest, i will stop on cursor to switch to windsurf, i had good enough experience using it. and i love the way just analyze my company project which using 2017 reactjs. yes its mixed class component and functional component, but you know cursor is stuggle to handle it, sometimes it lost to a bad decision but windsurf does well perform on it. im sure they will get better and better in term of feature, just need a little bit of time they will have the same and competitive feature compare to cursor. or might be even better ? lets wait =)) btw great video , im happy that someone take a time to do a deep comparison on it =)

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Thank you! You're absolutely right - it's a brand new product, and honestly I was pleasantly surprised, especially by the agentic capabilities. The automatic file identification is great. I'm excited to review them again in the future as they fix bugs and iterate on some of the features!

  • @JRichens
    @JRichens 4 дні тому

    Have you done a comparison with Cline?

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      Not yet, but I have been hearing some good things so will add it to my list to review

  • @FactsNoCare
    @FactsNoCare 4 дні тому

    If anyone wants to try cursor v0.43 you can go to the update page and download it from there. The main site doesnt let me download it but the update log does.

  • @FactsNoCare
    @FactsNoCare 4 дні тому

    The new cursor update removed long context chats.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      What. Are you serious? I haven't tried it yet, but about to dig in. What is the limitation you are seeing?

    • @FactsNoCare
      @FactsNoCare 4 дні тому

      @@VoloBuilds I just downloaded it myself a little ago so haven't tried it yet but I noticed it wasnt an option in chat and its not anywhere in the settings anymore.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      @@FactsNoCare Thanks for the heads up - I'll have to try and see!

  • @shameedify
    @shameedify 4 дні тому

    Great video. Usually all these youtubers, they don't bother to go to these depths, not even implementing sign up/sign in. Thanks for the video. It would be nice to add the credit system or payment system to it. Another good video idea could be to start with one of those SAAS boilerplates on github and create a SAAS out of it. You get the user management and credit systems for free with them.

  • @supercurioTube
    @supercurioTube 4 дні тому

    That was an excellent comparison, thank you for this video, I got really good value out of it!

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      You're very welcome! Thanks for watching

  • @BazSupport
    @BazSupport 4 дні тому

    Windsurf, for now

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      It's definitely a solid option. I'm curious to see how the v0.43 Cursor agents stack up to Windsurf

  • @donFrankAlvarez
    @donFrankAlvarez 4 дні тому

    This is the ONLY review I've seen where the person truly goes in-depth instead of the usual theres-a-million-ides-and-the-new-shiny-one-beats-all. Had I seen this last week I would've saved myself leaving Cursor too quickly and having Windsurf mess up a week's worth of code. Cursor IS more reliable and better. And that's not even counting the new agentic feature

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      Thank you very much! Glad it was helpful and I'm excited to try out the new Cursor Agents and share my thoughts

    • @donFrankAlvarez
      @donFrankAlvarez 4 дні тому

      @VoloBuilds looking forward to the video too

  • @AndrewBashtovoy
    @AndrewBashtovoy 4 дні тому

    Volo, thanks for the review, really helps a lot. AI IDEs are evolving very fast. I got the impression that the possibility of using a local LLM such as Qwen 2.5 7B, 32B is somehow not discussed. Although it is very important for beginners. As far as I understand Cursor can connect to a local Ollama or LM Studio server via an API Gateway such as Ngrok. Can Windsurf use local LLM?

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      Glad it helped! Windsurf doesn't have configurable LLMs right now, so you can't run local models with it as far as I can tell. I have not focused on local LLMs since in my experience Sonnet 3.5 is unbeatable and the open solutions haven't come close to the code quality. I also don't fully understand the usecases for when it would be necessary. I'm curious, what are your thoughts about local models and what is the use case you are considering them for?

    • @AndrewBashtovoy
      @AndrewBashtovoy 4 дні тому

      @@VoloBuilds It's simple, comparing different LLMs, setting up a local infrastructure. OpenSource LLM is Free, unlimited number of tokens. Perhaps privacy is important to some. Of course, after a beginner gets stable work you can switch to top proprietary LLMs such as Claude Sonet 3.5, GPT O1, 4o and so on.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 3 дні тому

      @@AndrewBashtovoy Yeah my thinking is like - if you're coding and it saves you one hour per month, $10 or $20 is easily justified - and let's be real, these things save MUCH more time than that! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

    • @AndrewBashtovoy
      @AndrewBashtovoy 3 дні тому

      @@VoloBuilds I'll even say more, it not only saves time but also lowers the threshold of entry into the programming profession. We see a shift of focus from syntax to abstractions. Here would be a very interesting video comparing code quality of OpenSource LLM vs proprietary LLMs

  • @KonaTech
    @KonaTech 4 дні тому

    What cursor have already 9 months

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      Many of the features are shared yeah, but Windsurf did have the edge on the Autonomy front. Now Cursor released Agents so I have my hands full working on the next video :)

  • @rtparker2110
    @rtparker2110 4 дні тому

    Cursor is brilliant during the initial design and implementations stages. Unfortunately, it's completely useless when the project needs redesign and refactoring. I spent a couple days carefully writing documentation that describes the basics of an application. It has interfaces and functionality that need to be implemented and then redesigned because it's not possible to foresee all the scenarios. Using the documentation to direct the initial build leads to refining the plan and rebuilding three times before the project is ready to build and refactor on the fly. During refactoring and debugging cursor fails with brilliance: Me: please read quotes.py from the filesystem Cursor: I'm scrolling up to read our conversation Me: no. read the file that I'm linking into this conversation Cursor: I'm scrolling up and see that we talked about removing javascript from edit.html. The endless mind numbing interactions during redesign and refactoring become pointless. Can I improve? I'm using Git to branch then designing and refactoring in the new branch. If this branch blows up then revert back to the working code and try again. During this rinse and repeat process Cursor becomes incapable of following the new redesign documentation and todo lists. As I am more methodical and explicit Cursor becomes inversely less capable.

  • @RichardHollway
    @RichardHollway 4 дні тому

    Great stuff! Thanks. You gonna do a vid about Cursor Agent?

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      Absolutely! That's next up on my list :)

  • @mybocks3
    @mybocks3 4 дні тому

    You most certainly *_CAN_* load documents into Windsurf.

    • @chriscotton4207
      @chriscotton4207 4 дні тому

      @@mybocks3 I'm not by my computer right now but can you load an image and have it read it.

    • @mybocks3
      @mybocks3 4 дні тому

      I don't know about images, but in response to 2:43 you can give it documentation for context. I create a masterplan.md file, then create an instructions folder + instructions md file, then drag in my masterplan doc and tell Cascade to load it into instructions.md. From then on Cascade knows to reference the codebase _and_ the instructions.

    • @VoloBuilds
      @VoloBuilds 4 дні тому

      I was referring to Documentation which Cursor has out of the box (docs for various standard libraries/frameworks). Windsurf doesn't currently have that - but you are right that there is a workaround to achieve a similar effect by adding the file to your repository and then referencing it - either through directly tagging, or having an index sort of file that tells it what it should reference. I believe this is still more friction than what Cursor enables, but thank you for sharing the workaround!