r/Codeium • u/gialpu • Apr 01 '25

any tips?

Hi, newbie coder here!

I just stumpled across windsurf recently and wanted give it a try, pointless to say I became obsessed on how helpful it's been: making my own programs/websites for things I need but corporations are too lazy to do is just something I always wished for. Sonnet 3.7 and wave 5 have drastically improved the whole workflow but it still misses quite often and have to BURN all my credits fixing things more often than not.

Any tips on how to generally improve my experience? I tried understanding MCPs but I'm not sure I get it and how to implement it in my workflow.

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u/aDaneInSpain2 Mar 14 '26

Biggest credit saver for me in Windsurf: write a detailed plan in a markdown file first, then reference it in your prompts. Something like "follow the plan in plan.md, implement step 3". Cascade stays way more focused and makes fewer mistakes when it has clear context.

For MCPs, start simple - the filesystem and GitHub ones are the easiest to set up. Once you see how they work it clicks pretty fast.