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145 Rise of the Cursor Resistance: Why Some Techies Want to Ignore AI Coding Tools

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Rocket Drew @ The Information 1 place · 10/11/2025 09:00 EDT

Over the summer, two software engineers at Mixus, a San Francisco–based artificial intelligence startup, staged a bit of a rebellion by refusing to follow instructions to rely heavily on Cursor or any of the other popular new coding-assistance software.

They figured “they could do better than Cursor,” said an incredulous Shai Magzimof, Mixus’ co-founder.

With just five full-time employees, the duo’s revolt was a substantial headache for Magzimof. One of the anti-Cursor engineers said he used it to auto-co

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