Comment by khurs
11 hours ago
>What does Cursor/Windsurf offer over VS Code + CC?
A lot of devs are not superstar devs.
They don't want a terminal tool, or anything they have to configure.
A IDE you can just download and 'it just works' has value. And there are companies that will pay.
You don't need to be a superstar dev to use CC. If you can use chat window you can use CC.
CC _is_ that took. npm install, login, give tasks. Diff automatically appears in your IDE (in VSC/Intellij at least).
A lot of engineers underestimate the learning curve required to jump from IDE to terminal. Multiple generations of engineers were raised on IDEs. It's really hard to break that mental model.