We Rebuilt the UI Instead of Refactoring It
A new data-model entity touched several old pages. Rebuilding those UI components was faster than carrying their Flow types and old assumptions forward.
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Windsurf Simplified Pricing While OpenAI Circled
Windsurf removed flow action credits and cut team pricing while OpenAI acquisition talks were being reported. I cared more about the simpler bill.
GPT-4.1 Needed Fewer Retry Loops in My Editors
GPT-4.1's benchmark jump showed up in my Windsurf and Cursor use as cleaner diffs and fewer back-and-forth retries.
GitHub Copilot Adds Agent Mode and Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Copilot shipped agent mode and more models. Microsoft also tightened extension licenses so some tools refuse to run in Cursor.
Claude Code's Strengths and Weaknesses in March 2025
Claude Code for hobby refactors, Cursor at work — two tools, two jobs, and where each one still breaks.
Public Code Gives AI More Context to Work With
Public libraries give coding agents examples, documentation, and discussions they can retrieve. Private APIs must supply that context themselves.
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