I tried replacing VS Code with Cursor, Antigravity, and Windsurf for a month and one clearly dominated
The author tested Cursor, Google Antigravity, and Windsurf as replacements for VS Code over a 30-day period to evaluate their performance in modern development workflows. While all three offer AI-first features, Cursor emerged as the most capable and mature option. It provided strong codebase indexing, multi-agent support, and seamless cloud handoff for continuous development across devices.
- ▪Cursor is built on a familiar VS Code foundation but enhances it with advanced AI-powered development features.
- ▪Version 3.0 of Cursor introduced a multi-agent pane and Composer system for managing parallel, autonomous workflows.
- ▪The cloud handoff feature in Cursor allows developers to start a task on one machine and continue it on another without interruption.
- ▪Despite its strengths, Cursor occasionally exhibited context degradation during long debugging sessions, leading to repetitive logic loops.
- ▪Google Antigravity offered radical reasoning speed but represented a significant mental shift rather than a direct VS Code replacement.
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