My take on Cursor AI after using it at least 5 times a day

Make coding 1000x faster.

As AI coding tools become more common, picking the right one makes a big difference in how well you work. After trying many AI coding tools like Replit, Lovable, Bolt, or IDEs like Cursor, Zed, and Windsurf, I’ve found Cursor AI to be the best choice for everything if you only have $20 to spend every month.

✅ Windsurf is the toughest competitor currently available.

I’ve built more than 12 Apps in my last 3 months, After actively using combination of multiple AI tools I thought of writing this appreciation post to Cursor IDE as it as helped me the most.

Here’s why I think it’s better than other options.

Superior Context Awareness

Cursor AI’s best feature is how well it understands your code. Other tools might only look at one file, but Cursor AI understands your whole project. It does this through three main features:

1. Project-Wide Context: Cursor AI sees how different files and parts of your project work together. If you’re building something new, it knows about all your code’s connected pieces, imports, and dependencies as you provide access to @codebase
2. Smart Rules System: You can set up new project rules anytime from…