Cursor AI Review 2026: The Code Editor That...

I don't review tools from screenshots and feature pages. I used Cursor as my only code editor for 30 days -- no fallback to VS Code, no safety net. Built three real projects with it: a Next.js SaaS dashboard, a Python data pipeline, and a Chrome extension. Here's what actually happened. What Cursor Actually Is OK so Cursor is a code editor built on top of VS Code. But that undersells it pretty badly. Every extension you use in VS Code works in Cursor. Your keybindings carry over. Your theme carr