A user reports that while they purchased a Pro license for Mistral, they found both Mistral and GitHub Copilot to be underperforming when used via a VS Code plugin over the past two weeks. Upon switching back to GitHub Copilot, they realized Copilot's performance was similarly poor, leading them to conclude that Mistral is not significantly lagging behind frontier models. However, the user still finds Cursor to be a superior tool. AI
IMPACT Suggests that current AI coding assistants may not meet user expectations for advanced capabilities.
RANK_REASON User opinion piece comparing AI coding assistants.
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