Comment by atemerev

Comment by atemerev 3 days ago

5 replies

By practice. It requires some skill too, to constantly remove slop and keep the project from deteriorating. Usually by suggesting good architecture, asking for tests, and rewriting / cleaning up some bad code endlessly. Still much faster than manual development.

brcmthrowaway 2 days ago

But how exactly !

  • csallen 2 days ago

    1. Download Cursor

    2. Tell it to make you something

    3. Get frustrated when it doesn't work

    4. Think about how to revise your prompt

    5. Repeat from step #2

    • atemerev 2 days ago

      I prefer Aider, but that's a matter of taste.

      • brcmthrowaway 2 days ago

        Any free versions of Cursor or Aider?

        • atemerev a day ago

          Aider is free and open source, Cursor is free. You can connect Aider to various free models on OpenRouter, some of them state of the art.