// the bench
we test the tools so you don't burn the credits.
hands-on reviews of the editors, agents, and models vibe coders actually use. scored out of 10. when a link pays us, we say so — and if we haven't said so, it doesn't.
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claude code review: the terminal is the moat
anthropic's terminal-first agent is the most capable coding tool we've used — agent teams, a 1M-token context window, and codebase reasoning nothing else matches. it's also the one most likely to scare off the people vibe coding invites in.
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cursor review: the smoothest on-ramp, mind the meter
cursor is still the easiest way to feel the future of coding for $20 — composer 1.5 is fast, background agents do real work, and it's vs code under the hood. the catch hasn't changed either: the billing model is homework.
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