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Cursor's recent pricing change sparked a developer exodus. But it really wasn’t about the price.
2025’s darling AI-code-editor Cursor shook its community this week with surprise pricing and usage changes that blindsided many. But It wasn’t just about the money, it was about the lack of transparency.
They apologized, but only for how they announced it, not for the changes themselves. The fallout? Heated debates across Cursor's social channels and numerous articles (including one from TechCrunch) dissecting their “non-apology” apology.
On the topic of Cursor… Claude Code just dropped its own VSCode extension. Many think this could eat substantially into Cursor’s userbase. Could this, coupled with the harsh reaction from the developer community to Cursor’s business model changes, signal the beginning of the end for Cursor already?
Plus, the other big story of the week: Planetscale now supports Postgres, which could have HUGE impacts on the infrastructure of digital products going forward.
This, and more, in this week’s episode of The Good Thing with Stefan & Jens. An overview of what we’ll cover:
CURSOR CONTROVERSY:
- Will its unicorn reign come to a screeching halt?
PLANETSCALE FINALLY EMBRACES POSTGRES:
- Postgres is the number two database tech after MySQL, which used to be Planetscale’s only focus. By adding Postgres, they just unlocked another 20 percent of the market.
LEE ROB MOVES ON FROM VERCEL
- The legendary Lee Robinson (@leerob) has officially moved on from Vercel. We thank him for his service to Next.JS and beyond.
DIGGING A MOAT WITH AN AI PRODUCT
- ..is pretty much impossible, unless you have hardware. Or is it? (yes it is, but let's talk about it).
If you’re a dev who relies on these tools, this episode is for you. We’d love to hear:
- Did Cursor handle this as badly as everyone says?
- Will you switch to Claude Code?
- Do you agree with our take on where gRPC fits in the GraphQL Federation picture?
- How do you think Planetscale x PostgresQL will change system design?
Drop your thoughts in the live chat or the comments below.
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Watch this episode here: Did we just get Rug Pulled by Cursor?
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