@FinanceYF5: Cursor CEO Michael Truell made a big claim on Lenny's Podcast: Cursor's goal is not to build a better code editor, but to invent a completely new way of programming. In the future, writing software may be more like writing pseudocode — describing logic in near-English, high-level...

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Cursor CEO Michael Truell stated on Lenny's Podcast that Cursor's goal is not to be a better code editor, but to invent a completely new way of programming. In the future, writing software may be more like writing pseudocode — describing logic in near-English, performing high-level editing.

Cursor CEO Michael Truell made a big claim on Lenny's Podcast: Cursor's goal is not to build a better code editor, but to invent a completely new way of programming. In the future, writing software may be more like writing pseudocode — describing logic in near-English, performing high-level editing, no longer millions of lines of incomprehensible code. https://t.co/6CNQGhe6cl
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Cursor CEO Michael Truell made a bold statement on Lenny’s Podcast:

Cursor’s goal is not to build a better code editor, but to invent a completely new way of programming.

In the future, writing software might feel more like writing pseudocode—describing logic in near-English, editing at a high level, no longer millions of lines of incomprehensible code. https://t.co/6CNQGhe6cl

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