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Original: Geoffrey Huntley · 03/03/2025

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You’re using Cursor incorrectly. Ello everyone, in the “Yes, Claude Code can decompile itself. Here’s the source code” blog post, I teased about a new meta when using Cursor. This post is a follow-up to the post below.

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Key Insights

“You’re using Cursor incorrectly.” — The author suggests that many are not utilizing Cursor to its full potential.
“When you use ‘/specs’ method with the ‘stdlib’ method in conjunction with a programming language that provides compiler soundness and compiler errors, the results are incredible.” — Describing the powerful synergy between specific methods and programming practices.

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# From Design doc to code: the Groundhog AI coding assistant (and new Cursor vibecoding meta)
Author: Geoffrey Huntley
Published: 2025-03-03
Source: https://ghuntley.com/specs/
Ello everyone, in the “Yes, Claude Code can decompile itself. Here’s the source code” blog post, I teased about a new meta when using Cursor. This post is a follow-up to the post below.
You are using Cursor AI incorrectly… I’m hesitant to give this advice away for free, but I’m gonna push past it and share it anyway. You’re using Cursor incorrectly. Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing /zooms with software engineers … — Geoffrey Huntley
When you use “/specs” (this post) method with the “stdlib” (above) method in conjunction with a programming language that provides compiler soundness (driven by good types) and compiler errors, the results are incredible. You can drive hands-free output of N factor (entire weeks’ worth) of co-workers in hours.

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Notable Quotes

You’re using Cursor incorrectly.
Context: The author suggests that many are not utilizing Cursor to its full potential.
When you use ‘/specs’ method with the ‘stdlib’ method in conjunction with a programming language that provides compiler soundness and compiler errors, the results are incredible.
Context: Describing the powerful synergy between specific methods and programming practices.
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  • [[topics/compiler-soundness]]
  • [[topics/cursor]]

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Originally published at https://ghuntley.com/specs/.