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gptsters.com
“The closest thing to pair programming with AI”
Cursor is still the strongest choice when you can read code and want multi-file edits without giving up control. The tradeoff is cost and context drift on long sessions.
— Gpsters Editorial on Cursor
Editor Review
Review context
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Refactored a messy Next.js dashboard across many files
Cursor is still the strongest choice when you can read code and want multi-file edits without giving up control. The tradeoff is cost and context drift on long sessions.
Gpsters Editorial
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Other reviews
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Built the core infrastructure of an MVP
Cursor helped me create a good page and paved a way for me to build something real. However, it can get messy if you don't know what you're doing.
Rodolfo
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building a extension
testest
Modige
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Built a SaaS admin panel with auth, billing, and analytics
The best day-one experience for developers. The rough edge is that messy projects still need architecture discipline, or Cursor starts helping you break things faster.
Gpsters Editorial
Real build reports
A service business needed a client-facing portal with onboarding, document upload, project status, and a paid premium support tier they could demo to pilot customers fast.
What shipped fast
Lovable handled the first-pass screens, onboarding, and dashboard structure shockingly fast. The team had something demo...
What broke
The moment payments, file access, and Supabase policies mattered, the generated backend stopped being something I wanted to trust ...
Verdict: Great for proving the product shape quickly. Not a serious excuse to skip backend ownership.
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A small SaaS team needed to clean up an already-shipping React dashboard, add billing metrics, and remove weeks of fragile UI duplication without blowing up the working product.
What shipped fast
Cursor was strongest when the work was concrete: repeated component cleanup, untangling state, and finding the right fil...
What broke
The biggest risk was context drift. Once the prompt history got too broad, Cursor started suggesting confident rewrites to code th...
Verdict: Excellent for multi-file refactors when you already know what "better" should look like.
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