Windsurf reviews
The first agentic IDE. Tomorrow's editor, today.
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(I commented on this product already, but now I'm leaving a review…) WindSurf is great! I like how familiar and easy to use it is, plus the theming and navigation are awesome. Cascade (the built-in AI) is crazy! This will definitely be redefining how developers do their developing!
It's Great! but need more optimization so it can perfectly understand the project code and edit or create a new code based on that.
By far the most advanced AI code editor out there. I'm blown away by its capabilities. It truly is like having a sidekick with you that you can go to at any time for any kind of help. I only wish there was a button within the Source Control to generate a commit message. Currently, you have to CMD+P ">Windsurf: Generate commit message"
Excellent - reliable operation. You can start, knowing it will take you to a published version without major issues. Use it to adopt my react projects to GitHub and Herku without any problem - works great
I recently started using the Windsurf Editor, and I must say, it has transformed my coding experience. It is very powerful tool that increases developer productivity. The autocomplete suggestions are incredibly fast and context-aware, which saves me a lot of time when writing code. One standout feature for me is the "Write Mode," allowing me to generate files directly from prompts—it's like having a coding assistant right there with me. Overall, I find Windsurf to be a game-changer in the IDE landscape, and I appreciate how it respects user privacy while delivering high performance.
I think that the idea of an agentic IDE is really interesting and I'm fully supportive of the transformative potential in this app and in the concept generally, breaking down barriers to entry for development and making programming accessible to far more people. Equally, I think that large measures of realism are called for regarding the actual capability of AI to deliver on this promise at the moment, especially with regard to handling context, which is inherently challenging. I think that this creates a responsibility for those generating the first wave of these tools to market their products responsibly. I began absolutely loving Windsurf and I'm still a big fan of the product and see its potential as vast. However, I think that it has seriously failed in its obligation to strike this balance and to provide a fair service to its users. While the company's social media speaks of an endless train of feature additions and advancement, the actual experience of using this on a day-to-day basis, as evidenced also by the Reddit communities, is rather different to the marketing. Personally, I found the product to be beset by an almost endless train of bugs that affect the ability to get anything done with it. At the moment, there's no completions happening on Anthropic, which has been the case many more days than not during the past few months. Long-term, I now have very mixed feelings about this product and the company behind us Because I feel that my trust in their product has been to an extent taken advantage of. I hope that others move in to fill this space and are more transparent in their engagement with consumers, especially with regard to uptime and product availability. Users should not feel the need to resort to bypassing official support channels to communicate the idea that the product is not available.
I've been trying out Windsurf out of curiosity, as I'm a Codeium code completion user and believe it surpasses even big names like GitHub Copilot. Codeium impresses again with this IDE. They're great at inferring intentions; turning prompts into action plans without needing extra file or setting details. I'll keep updating my review as I gain more experience with it. I highly recommend product developers give Windsurf a try.
Wow I loved the agentic workflow via Cascade. I also use GitHub Copilot and Cursor and love how AI is helping me develop faster. But the speed and automation Windsurf brings via its Cascade mode is mind blowing. Its feels like an experienced dev working along with me who can create files, execute commands and above all reflect on its code and improve it. Most of the time I just say something like "build this feature where....." and cascade just takes over and gets the job done as I sip my coffee. Very impressive! There are some rough edges like cascade taking time to connect or connection timeouts, auto complete not as good as Cursor, sometimes cascade tries to overengineer things or some approach produces an error but this is just the start. I'm excited to see where Windsurf takes my coding experience in the coming months.
