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Cursor IDE users report AI generates excessive code abstraction

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Users of the Cursor IDE are reporting that the AI-powered code generation tool often introduces unnecessary layers of abstraction when creating software architecture. This can lead to more complex codebases than intended. Some users are seeking advice on how to prompt the AI to generate simpler, more direct architectural designs. AI

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Cursor IDE users report AI generates excessive code abstraction

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/SnooOwls4596 ·

    Anyone else get way more abstraction than they asked for when using Cursor for architecture?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I use cursor to create the software architecture and most of the time there is an extra layer of abstractions which make the codebase complicated than it needs to be.</p> <p>Curious did anybody experience something similar? what did you do to mak…

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