Reflections on AI-assisted Programming

My former colleague Nan kept telling me early last year that I should try Cursor, but I felt I didn&rsquo;t need AI assistance at that time, since I knew pretty well what I wanted to do and how. Plus, I&rsquo;m generally frugal and would hesitate to purchase anything extra for myself. GitHub has offered the Copilot Pro plan (300 premium requests per month) to me for free since last year because I…