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#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI
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Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif are creators of Cursor, a popular code editor that specializes in AI-assisted programming.
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EPISODE LINKS:
Cursor Website: https://cursor.com
Cursor on X: https://x.com/cursor_ai
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Aman’s X: https://x.com/amanrsanger
Aman’s Website: https://amansanger.com/
Arvid’s X: https://x.com/ArVID220u
Arvid’s Website: https://arvid.xyz/
Michael’s Website: https://mntruell.com/
Michael’s LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3zIDkPN
Sualeh’s X: https://x.com/sualehasif996
Sualeh’s Website: https://sualehasif.me/
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OUTLINE:
() – Introduction
() – Code editor basics
() – GitHub Copilot
() – Cursor
() – Cursor Tab
() – Code diff
() – ML details
() – GPT vs Claude
() – Prompt engineering
() – AI agents
() – Running code in background
() – Debugging
() – Dangerous code
() – Branching file systems
() – Scaling challenges
() – Context
() – OpenAI o1
() – Synthetic data
() – RLHF vs RLAIF
() – Fields Medal for AI
() – Scaling laws
() – The future of programming
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