The study doesn’t provide data that can be extrapolated in any way to any statement about anybody slowing down or speeding up.
1. They used Cursor, which makes you spend your whole day saying “yes” to code changes. Cursor is the windows vista “cancel or allow” of agentic coding.
2. Every user was a Cursor beginner.
The study measured developers’ effectiveness at writing code during the ramp up period while they were learning to use a bad tool.
1. They used Cursor, which makes you spend your whole day saying “yes” to code changes. Cursor is the windows vista “cancel or allow” of agentic coding.
2. Every user was a Cursor beginner.
The study measured developers’ effectiveness at writing code during the ramp up period while they were learning to use a bad tool.