Windsurf

I think that the idea of an agentic IDE is really interesting and I'm fully supportive of the transformative potential in this app and in the concept generally, breaking down barriers to entry for development and making programming accessible to far more people. Equally, I think that large measures of realism are called for regarding the actual capability of AI to deliver on this promise at the moment, especially with regard to handling context, which is inherently challenging. I think that this creates a responsibility for those generating the first wave of these tools to market their products responsibly. I began absolutely loving Windsurf and I'm still a big fan of the product and see its potential as vast. However, I think that it has seriously failed in its obligation to strike this balance and to provide a fair service to its users. While the company's social media speaks of an endless train of feature additions and advancement, the actual experience of using this on a day-to-day basis, as evidenced also by the Reddit communities, is rather different to the marketing. Personally, I found the product to be beset by an almost endless train of bugs that affect the ability to get anything done with it. At the moment, there's no completions happening on Anthropic, which has been the case many more days than not during the past few months. Long-term, I now have very mixed feelings about this product and the company behind us Because I feel that my trust in their product has been to an extent taken advantage of. I hope that others move in to fill this space and are more transparent in their engagement with consumers, especially with regard to uptime and product availability. Users should not feel the need to resort to bypassing official support channels to communicate the idea that the product is not available.

I recently started using the Windsurf Editor, and I must say, it has transformed my coding experience. It is very powerful tool that increases developer productivity. The autocomplete suggestions are incredibly fast and context-aware, which saves me a lot of time when writing code. One standout feature for me is the "Write Mode," allowing me to generate files directly from prompts—it's like having a coding assistant right there with me. Overall, I find Windsurf to be a game-changer in the IDE landscape, and I appreciate how it respects user privacy while delivering high performance.

I have been giving clear instructions to create a repair logging system in my shop. I am not a programmer, I just have the ideas in my mind, at first it seems to generate things well. although it forgets features that I asked for, then I have to repeat them. but it starts to break things. If I ask it to modify something or create a new feature then it breaks something else. It is a vicious circle, I should have my application ready by now, but it is making me go around in circles between development and repair. It is making me spend credits. This is what this is about_ I have already tried it with different technologies, Python, js, java and it always makes the same mistakes. It starts to break and needs to be repaired, and when it fixes something it breaks something else, it does not maintain consistency with the entire project. I contacted customer service, no solution for my case. I'm not saying this isn't a good tool, just that it's not how they sell it. It's not for everyone. This isn't going to help you if you're not a programmer. You can create applications without code, that is, without entering lines of code, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't know what you're doing. This is still for programmers, not for people without knowledge like me.

Wow I loved the agentic workflow via Cascade. I also use GitHub Copilot and Cursor and love how AI is helping me develop faster. But the speed and automation Windsurf brings via its Cascade mode is mind blowing. Its feels like an experienced dev working along with me who can create files, execute commands and above all reflect on its code and improve it. Most of the time I just say something like "build this feature where....." and cascade just takes over and gets the job done as I sip my coffee. Very impressive! There are some rough edges like cascade taking time to connect or connection timeouts, auto complete not as good as Cursor, sometimes cascade tries to overengineer things or some approach produces an error but this is just the start. I'm excited to see where Windsurf takes my coding experience in the coming months.

🚀 ​As an early-bird Pro user who uses Windsurf daily for heavy development, I’ve seen a noticeable boost in productivity. It’s evolving fast—almost weekly updates with meaningful changelogs. I regularly compare it to other AI-powered IDEs, and it’s always a tight race with wins on both sides. Overall, definitely worth the investment.​​ 💻✨

By far the most advanced AI code editor out there. I'm blown away by its capabilities. It truly is like having a sidekick with you that you can go to at any time for any kind of help. I only wish there was a button within the Source Control to generate a commit message. Currently, you have to CMD+P ">Windsurf: Generate commit message"

Greatly reduces the code I need to write. Simple/ tedious tasks can be easily finished with WindSurf Cascade. But complex tasks require a bit of follow-up prompts. Maybe if I use memories and rules, this might be easier.

Very poor customer support, non existant if anything! After latest change my account has bugged out, and I wasn't able to use any of my purchased tokens. Contacting support, other than being told to restart the app and try to re-log was less than helpfull especially when there's many more cases like me on discord. Haven't heard back from them for the last 4 days. I will excersice my rights and get refund for tokens I am not available to use, and I would highly recommend everybody else to research for better service, there is a lot of better alternatives that actually have active customer support.

I've been trying out Windsurf out of curiosity, as I'm a Codeium code completion user and believe it surpasses even big names like GitHub Copilot. Codeium impresses again with this IDE. They're great at inferring intentions; turning prompts into action plans without needing extra file or setting details. I'll keep updating my review as I gain more experience with it. I highly recommend product developers give Windsurf a try.

This is the first AI programming software that has truly impressed me. It has boosted my coding efficiency by about 30%. I believe there is still great potential for improvement in the future. Keep up the good work—I look forward to seeing you make it even better!