chrisrickard

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Better software specs == better software. Founder and CEO of http://userdoc.fyi
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Comment · 2 months ago
damn... cursor doesn't get as much love as claude code or codex (on here anyways), but honestly, it's gotten amazing in the last 6 months.

i loved switching between sol / fable / grok 4.5.

... and something tells me fable might not be available on cursor for much longer :/

Comment · 2 months ago
much needed, will give it a crack - congrats on shipping!
Comment · 4 months ago
Of course it’s an Australian spider
Comment · 5 months ago
Cursor 3 is a full rewrite. No VS Code
Comment · 5 months ago
I’ve found it interesting too.

It’s like I spent 20 years mastering painting in watercolour… nerding out on other painters, canvas options, even the backstory on some guy that makes a specific paint etc.

And I don’t regret any of that. but now I’m just loving creating my art 100x faster.

I thought I loved the craft (and I did) but more, I loved the product.

Comment · 5 months ago
… i’m still seeing a therapist about this time period.
Comment · 7 months ago
Thank you, a refreshingly interesting read
Comment · 9 months ago
I have read all your yearly reviews and you’ve been an inspiration Michael. Keep it up, and I’m glad your 8th year was your happiest yet!
Comment · 9 months ago
Skills are chainable e.g. skill A can invoke skill B and then decide to invoke skill C etc… I don’t believe your slash commands can do this?
Comment · 9 months ago
Very cool, I didn’t realise the web audio API was so extensive these days
Comment · 9 months ago
I did this recently. Created a Skill that had access to executing very specific ific (reviewed) script for DB interaction, that connects to your a replica/anonymised DB, read only user, via VPN, via a jumpbox.
Comment · 10 months ago
Really fun idea treating an album like a dependency!
Comment · 10 months ago
Also, probably a good way to give LLMs more context compared to “div soup”
Comment · 10 months ago
Amazing achievement guys, seriously impressive. Now onwards and upwards!
Comment · 10 months ago
very cool concept. and great tracks. congrats on shipping!

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