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Jiang: Peek's initial prototype was coded using Cursor and v0
“I basically used cursor and V zero to code this out.”
Sherry Jiang Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 6:28 Building AI Apps: From Idea to Viral in 30 Days
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Isenberg: Realistic mock data makes social media demo videos more viral
“So what you can do is you can come up with an idea for a startup, use cursor to build it, use some of this mock data, record, you know, compile, build, record a video. Now with that data, that's way more interesting. Post it on X. See if people actually want t…”
Greg Isenberg Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 32:26 How he built iOS apps that PRINT with Cursor + Claude
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Finn: A simple Cursor-built mini-game drove 500 newsletter signups on X
“And so I experimented with this about eight months ago where I said, Hey, I built my first video game through cursor. I have no game building experience. Play the game below. Whoever has the highest score in the next 24 hours, I'm sending you a hundred dollars…”
Alex Finn Feb 25, 2025 ▶ 3:28 VIBE CODING A COOL VIDEO GAME (Grok 3 + Claude 3.7)
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Fernando: Cursor serves DeepSeek via Fireworks API, avoiding China-hosted servers
“One of my favorite apps for coding is actually Cursor. And I asked them, hey, where do you have your DeepSeq model hosted? And they told me they use the Fireworks API. And that's, you know, actually not in China. So that's great. So it's like, okay, cool. That…”
Ray Fernando Jan 29, 2025 ▶ 5:50 DeepSeek R1 - Everything you need to know
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Experienced developers should avoid Cursor's automated YOLO mode
“Like, if you know how to operate in a terminal, like, if you know what the different commands are, then I would say maybe not. Like, maybe you would want to do it a different way. For example, I work with Anj, who's like, senior developer level, and he doesn't…”
Riley Brown Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 9:02 How to build your AI App with Cursor, Firebase, Vercel (Full Tutorial)
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Riley Brown almost exclusively uses Cursor for building AI apps
“Today we're going to be talking about how I've recently switched to basically only using cursor when building apps with AI”
Riley Brown Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 0:04 How to build your AI App with Cursor, Firebase, Vercel (Full Tutorial)
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Simons: StackBlitz uses Cursor to build Bolt and Bolt to scaffold UI
“We use cursor to build bolt, you know, like in our own code base. And we use bolt to like scaffold out UI.”
Eric Simons Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 28:41 Bolt tutorial for beginners with the Bolt CEO Eric Simons
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Mike: Cursor solved its initial latency issues after $60M funding injection
“Yeah, and then they got that sixty million dollar injection, and then it became fast all of a sudden.”
Ross Mike Oct 8, 2024 ▶ 10:19 Bolt.new Tutorial for Beginners (the Cursor AI and V0 Killer)
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Greg Isenberg notes Cursor has significantly more online tutorials than Windsurf
“What I will say about Cursor versus Windsurf, there's a lot more tutorials on Cursor, so.”
Greg Isenberg Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 4:29 The Best Vibe Coding Tools in 2026
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Cursor Agent gained its current capabilities within the last ten days
“Yes, it's only within the last, like, 10 days”
Riley Brown Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 3:24 How to build your AI App with Cursor, Firebase, Vercel (Full Tutorial)
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Cursor's YOLO mode runs terminal commands automatically without confirmation
“If you don't have this set up, it'll actually ask you, like, are you sure you want to run this command? Are you sure? And then you have to click yes over and over again. When you do this, it just automatically does it. It's called YOLO mode.”
Riley Brown Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 6:55 How to build your AI App with Cursor, Firebase, Vercel (Full Tutorial)
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Mike: Cursor is better than Bolt for developers who enjoy programming
“I am still a cursor guy for the simple fact that I enjoy programming, I enjoy coding, like this sort of robs me of the fun.”
Ross Mike Oct 8, 2024 ▶ 19:14 Bolt.new Tutorial for Beginners (the Cursor AI and V0 Killer)
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Brown: Choose 'Save All' over 'Accept All' in Cursor for easier undoing
“If you're using cursor, hit save all instead of accept all. Accept all is not reversible. You have to ask the AI to reverse it instead of just being able to, like, hit reject.”
Riley Brown Sep 1, 2024 ▶ 34:46 I can't believe we coded an app with AI in 67 mins (V0, Cursor AI, Replit, Claude AI)
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