On paper, the two look similar, offering a similar suite of products that cater to similar needs (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, slides, etc.)

In practice, the difference in user-experience is much more like this picture.

This is perhaps the most important man you've probably never heard of: J.C.R. Licklider, universally known as "Lick". See his truncated Wikipedia entry here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._R...

You can see from my screenshot of my Trello card (yes, I use Trello to track my project ideas) that Cursor basically did... a lot of work for me.

This is really a whole new world.

I just tried "vibe coding" with Cursor today for the first time, and am 🤯 . I literally created this (admittedly simple) app in less than an hour of prompting.

< ONE HOUR.

Today was my last day at foodpanda as a trainee backend software engineer. It’s been an absolute blast! I learned so much in such a short time.

I didn’t get converted to perm, but am clearer what to work on next. It’s been so inspiring seeing colleagues who are absolute machines!
Till next time!

Yesterday, I was participating in a workshop for the Buddhist
Mentorship Programme, and was helping to lead a breakout session for a
group of 4-5 participants. The prompt given was “Think of 1 difficult
conversation you would like to have with someone..."

Pic from Unsplash

@gosha.net 🙏
book looks gorgeous! thank you for the recommendation. 😊