Windsurf vs Cursor — Two AI IDEs Walk Into a Bar

The AI-native IDE wars are heating up. For a while, Cursor was the obvious choice if you wanted an editor built around AI coding. Then Codeium shipped Windsurf and claimed the throne for a minute. Now we've got two serious contenders and developers trying to figure out which one to actually use. I've been switching between both. Here's my take. What Are We Actually Comparing? Cursor is a VS Code fork with AI deeply integrated - not as an extension, but as first-class functionality. Tab completions, Cmd+K inline edits, the Composer (now called Agent) for multi-file edits.