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Cursor makes developers less effective?
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July 24, 2025, 6:32 p.m.
AI Tools
Developer Productivity
cursor
Bugfixing
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A recent study indicates that developers using Cursor for bug fixes may be 19% slower than those not using any AI tools, suggesting that AI might complicate workloads more than expected.
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