Claude replaced a rival model by itself via Cursor — best coding model wins power
tibo_maker · x · 2026-08-18
The author points to a telling moment: Claude (through Cursor) displaced a competing model on its own. His takeaway: being the best coding model grants huge power, letting a model dominate developers' toolchain choices.
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