Cursor
The AI-first code editor most startups switched to
Cursor is a VS Code fork rebuilt around AI: predictive Tab edits, codebase-aware chat and background agents that take a task and return a diff. It is…
Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal agent that works across your whole repo
Claude Code runs in your terminal or IDE and takes on multi-file tasks: read the codebase, plan, edit, run tests, open a PR. It is included with Claude Pro and Max plans or billed via API usage, and it is the tool many senior engineers now use for real feature work.
Melhor para: agentic, multi-file coding tasks
O que funciona
- Handles large, multi-step changes
- Works from any terminal, no IDE lock-in
- Bundled with Claude subscriptions
O que convém saber
- Pro usage limits fill up on big sessions
- Terminal-first interface is not for everyone
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