Pascal Poredda
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Pascal Poredda
@pascal_poredda
Building PostRadar for LinkedIn - locally running Chrome Extension to find new leads on LinkedIn helping you drive more sales
Cologne, Germany Katılım Aralık 2020
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If you switched from IntelliJ to Cursor and miss your old workflow, read this:
I just switched back to IntelliJ + Claude Code after 9 months with Cursor.
Here's what I discovered:
✅ Claude Code integration is surprisingly smooth
✅ All the AI benefits without the quirks
✅ Database viewer that actually works
✅ VIM keybindings that don't feel like a hack
✅ JetBrains ecosystem beats flashy newcomers
❌ JetBrains AI Assistant = skip it
❌ Missing some of Cursor's "magic moments"
❌ Never got comfortable with VS Code anyway
Bottom line: You can get 90% of Cursor's AI magic while keeping all the IntelliJ features you actually miss.
The grass isn't always greener. Sometimes the best move is going back home with better tools.
Following me = getting real-world dev insights without the fluff
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@damonchen The AeroPress is amazing - still use my Bialetti every now and then as well, but it's way easier to not burn your coffee that way
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Also bothered Claude Code a bit more and quickly built a @typefully MCP server to have Claude Desktop publish drafts directly into TypeFully using the API.
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You can see what it did here:
github.com/pascalporedda/…
To be honest - I haven't given it a try yet - I'll try to work with and on it for some time
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2 hours with Claude Code = complete NestJS starter kit
it reads your code, understands context, suggests commands, you just say yes/no
the constant "are you sure?" gets annoying.. sometimes you want yolo mode :D
but damn, it built something that would've taken me a full day
docker + prisma + stripe + jobs all configured and working
way better than Cursor - it actually feels "agentic"
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@JoschuaBuilds Noticed it already, looks definitely waaay better :)
The landing page already has seen quite a few iterations already
Got some stats on which iteration converted better than others?
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We had to completely rebuild the Landing page from scratch
super fancy simply doesn't convert
→ redesigned the complete landing page to make it look less like a cheap indie hacker product -> focused on a clean design
→ changed the copy to attract users that we want -> clear messaging focused on the ROI
→ upped the prices for all new sign ups. if you have to think twice about a $15 sub you are not the right fit. This should filter a lot of people that aren't committed to content and building an audience anyway (who wouldn't be a great fit for a product like this...)
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