Opportunity ledger / Dossier O-1362
Compare Cursor, Windsurf, and Trae within a tight monthly budget to understand available usage, model capability, and practical limits.
First seen 2026-07-26 · Last updated 2026-10-24 · Recalculated daily
These observations describe collected samples, not platform-wide prevalence; they cannot establish whether a problem is widespread or accelerating. Collection scope changed on 09-16 and 09-27; monthly counts must not be read as trends.
Post title: I'm thinking of paying for either Cursor ($20) or Codex ($20) today mainly for vibe coding. For those who've used both: which one gives you the better overall e…
I'm thinking of paying for either Cursor ($20) or …
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Post title: Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
Honestly for me the intelligence gap between DS 4.1 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3 makes Muse more worth it for me, especially on a $10 OpenCode Go sub
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Scoring summary
Evidence confidence = strength × evidence volume × source diversity × payment × competition × trend × 10. Counts use independent content items; only first-hand pain, current spend, explicit willingness to pay and concrete feature requests affect the score. Repeated posts by one author are discounted. Scoring and status changes follow deterministic rules.
“Payment-backed” means first-hand payment evidence exists in the record. It does not mean the business is worth building. “Fading” is a recency tag shown alongside any evidence level, not a lower level. Read the full methodology.