I have been on the deepend of Cursor and Windsurf in the last 2 weeks. Here are some observations and tips on vibe coding or creating your own apps with natural language. 

The biggest difference between Cursor and Windsurf is long running behaviour. 

Let me explain:

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For simpler tasks, it is too much. 

If I am editing simple functionality and requesting simple changes, I use Cursor. 

If I am requesting extensive features, I use Windsurf. 

Regardless of which one to use, here is my pro tip. 

Reading code and planning steps as the human driver is crucial. AI goes out of its way sometimes to complicate things and also implement really unrelated things.

If you have your code already set up, this is what I do. 

I create a standalone python script, implementing my logic. 

Then I point the agent to this script to implement the functionality into the wider codebase.

This limits its context and instructions. It also gives a very good sense of what it needs to do. 

My conclusion: You can be a beginner in writing code, intermediate in reading code but you have to be an expert in planning the product steps and user experience.

If you ask "Implement streaming into my app"

Cursor: will start integrating streaming in the simplest way possible
Windsurf: will start integrating with longer pauses and will not stop until it tests the functionality. 

This is sometimes really good to bootstrap apps and backends.