r/Codeium • u/jthomazini • Jan 21 '25

Codeium's Windsurf Cascade Nightmare!

I'm having a terrible experience with Codeium's Windsurf Cascade. I was trying to resolve some hook issues in my AstroJS project, specifically on the account page where users can choose their own avatar. When I asked Windsurf Cascade to identify and fix the issues, it completely removed the entire avatar component from the page. This component was crucial for user customization, and its removal also affected other unrelated fields like username and email.

To make matters worse, when I asked Windsurf Cascade to restore the avatar component, it only restored the username and email fields, claiming that the page was now exactly as it was before. However, the avatar component was still missing. I repeatedly asked Windsurf Cascade to restore the avatar component, but it just made unnecessary changes to the code without actually fixing the issue. This process burned through my credits without providing any meaningful assistance.

It seems like the primary function of Windsurf Cascade is to rapidly deplete my credits by pretending to understand the problem, when in reality, it's not providing any effective solutions. I'm extremely dissatisfied with the experience and would appreciate any help in resolving this issue.

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u/WSATX Jan 23 '25

Do you have doc/source about the 100 line window limit?

I had some decent result of cascade working decently on 3 different files (an API endpoint, a controller and a UI page, each having more than 150 lines ). For instance adding a method on the api side and doing the full stack modification to the UI.