Cursor vs Windsurf vs Replit? Wrong Question.

“Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.”
— Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++

When I started building with AI, I began with Replit.

Think of Replit as a cool place where you can build your projects 😄

I stayed there for 6 months.

Then I switched to Cursor.

Then I moved to Windsurf.

And now… I’m still with Windsurf.

Honestly, I can’t even remember exactly why.

Maybe I thought the name was pretty dope.
Like wind and surf? hahaha.

It just worked for me.

What I’m trying to say is:

Your IDE matters way less than you think.

Especially at the beginning.

An IDE is basically the workspace where you build your project.
Think of it like your coding room.
Some people use Cursor.
Some use Windsurf.
Some use Replit.
Some use VS Code.

For you?

You should only care about one thing.

Shipping your projects.

And putting in the work.

You should care less about having the perfect setup.

No one cares if you use Windsurf, Cursor, Visual Studio Code...

No one cares if you use Claude directly from the web.

Or even if you use your phone to code (apparently you can do that now too 😄)

Do you feel okay with the setup?

Do you feel comfortable with it, at least for some time?

Can you ship with it?

That’s the most important thing.

If you find a tool you like, stick with it.
Spend some money on it if it genuinely helps you.

Ignore the whole world.

Stay in your lane.

Because that’s how you learn.

You put skin in the game.

And one day, if you want to switch…

That’s okay too.

Everyone is competing.

New tools show up every day.

But what matters most is finding what actually works for you as a person.

Especially if you genuinely love building.