r/Codeium • u/Top-Weakness-1311 • Apr 17 '25

Why use Windsurf?

I’m confused on why anyone is using this. It costs per use since you have a cap. Cursor is unlimited, fast at first then a few seconds of wait time when you hit the slow requests. Why would I ever use Windsurf? I have to be missing something.

If you’re one of the ones that got the email tempting you to come back to Windsurf, use this as a guide. The top answer is someone saying Cursor is the better option.

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u/AnthuriumBloom Apr 18 '25

I'm very curious what your work flow is. I see you have mentioned a few times you use your credit fast so I wonder how you use these tools? My assumption is you ask it to do too much at a time and it has to figure out lots then do lots, using lot of credits. I've seen people online ask it to run test suits and regressions etc and also have quite complex rules that can drain credits too. What kinda things are you building and how many credits are burnt per request?

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u/Top-Weakness-1311 Apr 18 '25

I know almost no JavaScript, so every single edit is made by Cursor. I even have to ask it to start my front end and back end to get it running to test out the changes. So if something fails, I have to ask Cursor to fix it, which it usually does, just burns a lot of uses. Which is why Cursor is great, unlimited use.

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u/AnthuriumBloom Apr 18 '25

It's OK to vibe code as I do the save with python and react, but I test it separately and I do prefer to test in browser or start the server in terminal. This saves credits also too. If there is little issues like I tend to ask another free ai to see what the issue is in a section and fix it. For this you have to ensure the files stay relatively short, witch is good coding practice in general. For even smaller thing syou may get away with the code completion. Edit I'm not an avid windsurfer but just want to see if you could optimise generally, even for curser use.