Originally published on rikuq.com. Republished here for Dev.to's readers.
This is a Cursor review from someone who tried Cursor, didn't keep it, and doesn't think that's a complaint.
I'm Ravi. I've shipped three production AI SaaS solo — Prism, Citare, and BatchWise — using plain VSCode and Claude Code as my primary stack. I tried Cursor seriously. It didn't fit my workflow. That's not Cursor's fault — and the explanation of why is the actually-useful part of this review.
Most Cursor reviews are by people who love it and bought it, or people who reviewed it as a chore. This is the rarer one: someone who tested it fairly, didn't stick, and can explain who should stick.
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