Cursor @ U Tech

🤖 AI-Powered Development: Supercharge Your Productivity with Cursor !

Cursor AI has rapidly become the go-to coding companion, offering a seamless and deeply integrated development workflow. This isn't just another tool; it's a revolutionary IDE that does more than help you start projects with best practices—it has the answers to almost anything you can throw at it.

Powered by various models, I'll showcase concrete examples of smart code generation and share the best practices that make Cursor truly shine, including Cursor Rules and the MCP server.

Have you ever wanted to generate apps without writing a single line of code but didn't know where to start? Or maybe you've tried and weren't convinced?

Join this talk and get ready to learn how to truly "vibe-code"! You'll leave inspired and ready to adopt the power of AI in your daily development.

Transcript

2. I’m Julien, CTO at TechTown 󰏃 • techtown.fr for more info Been using Cursor for 1y Community Driven • Involved in DevFest Nantes • Involved as a Cloud GDE • Involved in AWS Nantes • jlandure.dev for more info Get to Know Me
3. History • 2022: Anysphere Inc., the company behind Cursor, is founded in San Francisco by four former MIT classmates: Michael Truell (CEO), Sualeh Asif (CPO), Arvid Lunnemark (CTO), and Aman Sanger. Their vision: To create a "hybrid" programmer, combining human ingenuity and the power of AI to make development faster, more creative, and more enjoyable. 2023: Official launch of Cursor and a first investment of $8 million 2024: A $60 million Series A round in August 2024 2025: The company is valued at $9.9 billion with $500 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Welcome Cursor! 🔥
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8. An IDE designed for coding with AI • Cursor’s entirely its own editor, not just a plug-in • You get an interface optimized for coding with LLMs • Get AI in all the right, additive places to your workflow Built on a foundation developers love • Cursor was originally a fork of VS Code • Offers you a feature-rich core you can trust • Import your extensions & settings with just a click Codebase indexing for context that matters • Vector embedding of your codebase at scale • Highly relevant outputs that fit your style • Uses folders and your codebase for context Cursor’s Foundations: A new approach to the editor
9. Cursor Tab • Best-in-class next-action prediction • Custom model suggesting multi-line diffs • Especially good memory and codebase understanding Command K • Inline code edits and generation in the editor • Use @ symbols to reference files, folders, and context • Powered by industry-leading models (Sonnet) Cursor Chat • Ask questions and solve problems in your codebase • Picks its own context and execute multi-step commands • Complete tasks end-to-end with an in-editor agent Cursor is built by developers for developers
12. Features ! Let’s go to https://cursor.com/features
14. Features ! 🤞 DEMO TIME ! 🤞
21. Thank you ! 🙏 jlandure.dev