Very insightful article called 

Scalpel or Chainsaw? My Weekend with Cursor vs. ChatGPT (and a Side Note on Copilot)

by Sofia Herrera found here

https://medium.com/@sofiareinaherrera/scalpel-or-chainsaw-my-weekend-with-cursor-vs-chatgpt-and-a-side-note-on-copilot-46aca63ca955

from the article 2 sections that resonated with my personal experience were “

Cursor: Fast and Aggressive — Like a Chainsaw

Cursor moves fast. Maybe too fast.

The moment you start using it, it jumps in with bold suggestions and aggressive edits. It reminds me of a really enthusiastic CS undergrad who’s not afraid to rewrite half your logic “just to see if it works better.” Sometimes it does. Other times… not so much.

It’s fantastic for knocking out simple utilities or boilerplate, but I learned quickly not to turn it loose on a sensitive codebase without supervision. Manual mode helps tame it a bit — but the default mode can be a little like giving a chainsaw to someone who just wants to prune a rose bush.

ChatGPT: Slower, Smarter — Like a Scalpel

ChatGPT, on the other hand, feels more deliberate. It’s not as tightly integrated into an IDE (yet), and that makes it a bit slower to use. But in return, you get depth. The forced slow-down really makes you think and strategize your next steps against the larger architecture.”