andrewmcwatters 4 days ago

I don't understand why people say X is a competitor to Cursor, which is built on Visual Studio Code, when GitHub Copilot came out first, and is... built on Visual Studio Code.

It also didn't start out as a competitor to either.

efilife 4 days ago

It wasn't an AI editor for a long time

  • TheCraiggers 4 days ago

    Yup. Their big design goal seemed to just be "speed" for a majority of development. That's it.

athenot 4 days ago

Even without any AI stuff, it's a fantastic editor for its speed.