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I'm wondering how much of the techniques described in this blog post can be used in an IDE like Windsurf or Cursor with Claude Sonnet?

My 2 cents on value for money and effectiveness of Claude vs Gemini for coding:

I've been using Windsurf, VS Code and the new Firebase Studio. The Windsurf subscription allowance for $15 per month seems adequate for reasonable every day use. I find Claude Sonnet 3.7 performs better for me than Gemini 2.5 pro experimental.

I still like VS Code and its way of doing things, you can do a lot with the standard free plan.

With Firebase Studio, my take is that it should good for building and deploying simple things that don't require much developer handholding.