I use AI coding tools extensively in my development workflow. I have tested and compared multiple tools and have formed strong opinions about their relative strengths. Despite heavy AI use, I insist on understanding every line of code that ships.
Claude vs GPT
I strongly prefer Claude over GPT for coding tasks. In March 2025: “the difference between gpt 4o and claud 3.5 in cursor is insane. GPT 4o performs like shit. Claud 3.5 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (100 more) GPT 4o” (9 likes).
On GPT-5 (August 2025): “is it just me who thinks GPT-5 is average? and not really that good, it’s okay. Just tried it on the cursor, and it was normal, nothing exceptional or too smart.”
I found Claude picking up my speaking style: “what is this behaviour @AnthropicAI? lol it just picked up my slang and started swearing.”
Cursor vs Claude Code
I used both and identified distinct strengths. “Claude: Smarter models, better overall while building features. Cursor: faster and quicker for small edits, better ui, easy passing in of context.” The main Claude complaint: “looses context every fucking time and reads whole codebase.” The main Cursor complaint: “bottles while building complex features.”
I switched between them multiple times. Used Claude Code for two months, then switched back to Cursor in September 2025. By late 2025, I was primarily using Cursor for Supermaven autocomplete.
Upgraded to Claude Max 20x plan in October 2025 for shipping at Legion. Hit rate limits even on the max plan.
Philosophy on AI Coding
Despite heavy AI use, I maintain that I must understand the code: “I still write code with my own fucking hands. Yea yeah I use AI. I love autocomplete. But I always rewrite, debug, and dig deep into what the AI writes. Why? Because if I don’t understand the code, I feel chaotic, and my brain goes brrrrrr, so I must understand every bit of code.” (7 likes)
On teaching my brother CS, I kept AI away: “if you learning something, trying to use AI blindly without understanding, will make your fundamentals weak.”
I noted a trend: “With Claude code more senior devs are turning into vibe coders than junior devs.”