alt Hacker NewsI exclusively use the autocomplete in cursor. I hate reviewing huge chunks of llm code at one time. With the autocomplete, I’m in full control of the larger design and am able to quickly review each piece of llm code. Very often it generates what I was going to type myself.
Anything that involves math or complicated conditions I take extra time on.
I feel I’m getting code written 2 to 3 times faster this way while maintaining high quality and confidence
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zeroonetwothree • last Sunday at 6:13 AM
Maybe it subjectively feels like 2-3x faster but in studies that measure it we tend to see smaller improvements like in the range of 20-30% faster. It could be that you are an outlier, of course.
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This is my preferred way as well. And when you think about it, it makes sense. With advanced autocomplete you are:
1. Keeping the context very small 2. Keeping the scope of the output very small
With the added benefit of keeping you in the flow state (and in my experience making it more enjoyable).
To anyone that even hates LLMs give autocomplete a shot (with a keying to toggle it if it annoys you, sometimes it’s awful). It’s really no different than typing it manually wrt quality etc, so the speed up isn’t huge, but it feels a lot nicer.