The BEST Cursor AI Settings (from using it for a year) 

Agree! I usually tell it to also comment things heavily when there's something I think I might forget why it was done in the future. I could see how a junior engineer might make a mess, but as an experienced dev, it just makes me able to iterate so much faster.

Totally agree. Some helpful prompts I use to learn: 1) What are other ways we could write this code? What are the pros and cons of those approaches? 2) Explain this code from the perspective of a programmer. What things are easier and what is harder? 3) Are there ways of refactoring this code to be more modular, readable, and robust? 4) What are common mistakes people make when writing code like this? Show examples

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Of course - glad it was helpful 👍

Hi - it uses a context window so I’d follow the rule of thumb of using a thread per coding session. If you notice it slowing down or chugging, start a new one. That problem goes away over time just like the bandwidth problem did in the early days of the internet. You can create a .cursorignore file and add files just like you would with a .gitignore. You still need to read the code it’s producing. You’re always going to want to provide context for any relevant changes / files needed. There’s also a command you can run to pack your entire repo into a formatted text file that’s easily consumed by an LLM that creates a detailed readme of file tree/dependencies etc. Making a video about that soon!