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Daniel_skyesterday at 2:03 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don't even see much reason to use Cursor. I am used to IntelliJ IDEA, so I just downloaded the Claude Code plugin and basically now I use the IDE only for navigating in the code, finding references and reviewing the code. I can't even remember the last time I wrote more than 2 lines of code. Claude Code has catapulted my performance at least 5x if not more. And now that the cost of writing test is so minimal I am also able to achieve much better (and meaningful!) test coverage too. The AI agents is where the most productivity is. I just create a plan with Claude, iterate over, ask questions, then let it implement the plan, review, ask to do some adjustments. No manual writing of code at all. Zero.


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RealityVoidyesterday at 9:08 PM

Maybe I'm holding it wrong, but the finer aspects of a codebase it still messes up. If I ask it to implement some weird thing off the beaten path it gets lost. But I completely agree at the test part. I actually test much more now since it's so easy!

esafakyesterday at 3:32 PM

IntelliJ has its own Claude integration too, but it does not use your Claude subscription: https://blog.jetbrains.com/ai/2025/09/introducing-claude-age...