It's crazy that Cursor, a VSCode fork that was created even after Github Copilot existed, is now worth more than the IDE companies.

· Bits and Bobs 7/14/25
  • It's crazy that Cursor, a VSCode fork that was created even after Github Copilot existed, is now worth more than the IDE companies.
    • But it turns out that AI is the feature that is so important that everything else is secondary.
    • An AI UX that is better than what an extension can do is worth it.
    • It's not an IDE value prop. It's a totally new pacelayer on top.

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