As someone working in software development, primarily focused on building web products, I’ve always been curious about emerging technologies. The explosion of interest in AI, particularly after the release of ChatGPT, sparked my desire to dive deeper into this fascinating field. Here’s how my journey unfolded.I started with a YouTube video (Wolfram’s explanation) that breaks down how ChatGPT predicts the next word in a sentence (if you don't want to watch the video, you can read the transcript in the article). This introduction was an eye-opener—it revealed just how adv...

Background: The Importance of Context in AI ProgrammingIf the “intelligence” of large models, such as Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is the key factor driving a stepwise leap in AI programming capabilities, the other critical factor is the context length.Currently, Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers a maximum context length of 200k tokens. While this is more than sufficient for conversational models—capable of handling a 50,000 or even 100,000-word book with ease—it still falls far short for programming projects involving tens or hundreds of code files, each spanning hundreds or thousands of...

In August this year, I tried out Cursor and was thoroughly impressed, prompting me to write an introductory article about it. Soon after, I transitioned my daily work environment entirely from GitHub Copilot + JetBrains to the paid version of Cursor. After several months of use, it has felt incredibly smooth.While using it myself, I’ve often recommended Cursor to colleagues and friends. However, many of them still have questions, such as:What advantages does it have over native ChatGPT or Claude? Is Cursor’s power mainly because of Claude Sonnet 3.5?How does it differ from GitHub C...