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title: "I'm going back from cursor to vs code now. I have no use for it other than viewing files/diffs..."
date: 2026-01-23
canonical: https://solmaz.io/x/2014732700100210909/
x_url: https://x.com/onusoz/status/2014732700100210909
license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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I'm going back from cursor to vs code now. I have no use for it other than viewing files/diffs, doing search, git blaming with gitlens

cursor's default setup is more aesthetic, but it's also a memory and cpu hog, which is the last thing I expect from a devtool

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