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AI Coding Assistants Decline in Quality and Surge in Price

A user on Reddit's r/cursor subreddit expresses disappointment with the current state of AI coding assistants, noting a decline in performance and a significant price increase across multiple models. The user reports that models like Composer 2.5, Opus 4.8, and GPT-5.5, which previously excelled at tasks like code analysis and correction, have become "lazy" and prone to errors. Additionally, the cost for these services has reportedly risen substantially, with GPT-5.5 tripling in price, leading the user to believe the "golden age" of accessible, high-quality AI coding tools for individual developers may be over. AI

IMPACT Suggests a potential decrease in AI model quality and accessibility for individual developers.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece on AI model performance and pricing.

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Complete-Sea6655 ·

    The golden age is over

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I really think the golden age of solo devs using the best coding models is done. I have subs to Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. I am running the same test (analyse and fix on a messy codebase) with all 3 of them. 3 weeks ago, this was done easily …