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I have had the exact opposite experience. Claude Code in any meaningful codebase for me gets stuck in loops of doing the wrong thing. Then when that doesn't wor

I have had the exact opposite experience. Claude Code in any meaningful codebase for me gets stuck in loops of doing the wrong thing. Then when that doesn't work it deletes files and makes its own that don't have the problem it's encountering. Cursor on the other hand, especially with GPT-5 today but typically with Sonnet 4.1, has been a workhorse at my company for months. I have never had Claude Code complete a meaningful ticket once. Even a small thing like fixing a small bug or updating the documentation on the site. Would love any tips on how to make Claude Code not a complete waste of electricity.

JyB 1y ago
Better prompts?
- alwillis 1y ago
  > Better prompts? I think you're right. People getting really poor results probably don't recognize that their prompts aren't very good. I think some users make assumptions about what the model can't do before they even try, so their prompts don't take advantage of all the capabilities the model provides.
  - benbayard 1y ago
    I don’t really have a problem prompting cursor with the same models. But I have no doubt my prompts could be improved
user3939382 1y ago
If you don’t know how to divide a problem up given a toolset you won’t be able to solve it regardless of what those tools are. Maybe Cursor’s interface is more intuitive for you.
- benbayard 1y ago
  The problems I’ve given CC are things that are incredibly simple and basic. Things I knew how to fix immediately. I would tell it the gilt to change and how to change it. And it will get lost when the types are incorrect, or when it causes a test to fail. It will like just delete the test. I don’t doubt I could improve my prompts but I don’t have those same prompting problems with cursor.
  - adastra22 1y ago
    Don’t know what to say. Those problems are exactly why I left Cursor behind—I don’t really encounter those issues with Claude Code (despite only using Anthropoc models in either case).
alwillis 1y ago
> Cursor on the other hand, especially with GPT-5 today but typically with Sonnet 4.1 You probably mean Opus 4.1; there's no Sonnet 4.1 yet.
- benbayard 1y ago
  Yes that’s correct.

JyB 1y ago

Better prompts?

alwillis 1y ago
> Better prompts? I think you're right. People getting really poor results probably don't recognize that their prompts aren't very good. I think some users make assumptions about what the model can't do before they even try, so their prompts don't take advantage of all the capabilities the model provides.
- benbayard 1y ago
  I don’t really have a problem prompting cursor with the same models. But I have no doubt my prompts could be improved

user3939382 1y ago

If you don’t know how to divide a problem up given a toolset you won’t be able to solve it regardless of what those tools are. Maybe Cursor’s interface is more intuitive for you.

benbayard 1y ago
The problems I’ve given CC are things that are incredibly simple and basic. Things I knew how to fix immediately. I would tell it the gilt to change and how to change it. And it will get lost when the types are incorrect, or when it causes a test to fail. It will like just delete the test. I don’t doubt I could improve my prompts but I don’t have those same prompting problems with cursor.
- adastra22 1y ago
  Don’t know what to say. Those problems are exactly why I left Cursor behind—I don’t really encounter those issues with Claude Code (despite only using Anthropoc models in either case).

alwillis 1y ago

> Cursor on the other hand, especially with GPT-5 today but typically with Sonnet 4.1 You probably mean Opus 4.1; there's no Sonnet 4.1 yet.

benbayard 1y ago
Yes that’s correct.