Cursor vs Kiro — which one are you using for AI coding and what’s your experience so far?
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I think kiro blueprint making and the new cursor update are on same level i guess
I don't like cursor cos it's based on vscode. For backend Java, intellij is much better than vscode. Never even heard of kiro
- Cursor plan mode is pretty good for making robust plans and then implementing them
- claude code is the original pioneer of plan code ig, pretty good, altho a tad difficult to keep track of the context window
- vs code insiders has also introduced plan mode, trying it out currently, awesome deal for 10$, cheaper than other alts
And imo, it mostly boils down to primarily handling the context window and your whole setup feeding the agent the precise amount of details :)
Cline clones like kilo code/Roo code extension in vscode is good. I use grok 4 fast which is pretty good. But if one wants to write code one understand, it's better to use just ask mode instead of write.
I just built an entire pregnancy tracking app using kiro, then cursor to add more features, for my wife in 2 days with almost every feature, The key point is that the app is totally offline so no privacy issue, my wife loved it 😊
so to test the app, you had to pregnant her? jk. Can I DM you? need help to understand this closed testing thing on playstore to publish my app
Cursor with free plan and Gemini API key for ask mode (agent mode needs pro) as long as it is free😃
Copilot for intellij.. Java/kotlin.. Works pretty good..
No one uses kilocode it seems.
Cursor
Kiro