December 27, according to FortuneAI Coding Assistantproduct Cursor CEO Michael Truell A few days ago, at the "Fortune Brainstorm AI" conference, the so-called "Fortune Brainstorm AI" was warned thatvibe coding"Standing foundations" are being built for software systems, and as the functional layers are superimposed, "everything will eventually collapse."。
Truell points out that the Generating AI allows programmers to "step back" and hand over the end-to-end task to AI, and that it is not the only way to do itBut if the code itself is completely closed, the risk will accumulate quickly。
Truell describes "vibe coding" as a development that relies heavily on AI - the developers rarely review bottom realization, but simply throw the demand at AI to "make something out."。
He compared it to the fact that there were four walls and roofs on the ground without knowing what was going on under the floor or in the electrical system. He pointed out that such an approach might be appropriate for fast-tracking prototypes such as small games, simple websites and so on, but that the risks in complex systems and long-term maintenance scenarios were enormous。
When you build one layer after another on that basis, the problem will eventually be concentrated。
IN HIS VIEW, THERE WERE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AI AUXILIARY ENCODING: FROM MULTI-LINE AUTO-COMPLETION, FUNCTION GENERATION, TO FULL MODULE REALIZATION, TO END-TO-END DELIVERY OF THE ENTIRE FUNCTION。
Cursor is not trying to occupy the extremes of "eye hosting" but rather to embed AI deep into the integrated development environment, using the context of existing projects to predict the next line of code, generate full functions, and assist in debugging and interpreting errors, leaving experienced engineers still in control of code structures。
When you want to explore the details, Cursor can go into the code with you; if you want to step back, you can also choose to let AI carry out the task by itself。
Cursor started as a project with three other MIT graduates in 2022 and then rapidly evolved into one of the most popular coding assistant products。
Earlier this year, Cursor ' s active daily users were said to have reached 1 million; since then, the company has achieved approximately $1 billion in annual recurrent income and has expanded to 300 employees。