Verdict6 min
REVERSEDI Wrote “Cursor Is Dying.” Kimi K3 Just Changed My Mind.
The argument was never that Cursor was a bad product. It was that Cursor couldn't afford the best models. That premise died this week.
PREMISE: BROKENPRIOR: 281K READERS
SUBJECT: Verdicts on the machines we live in — with receipts attached.
The argument was never that Cursor was a bad product. It was that Cursor couldn't afford the best models. That premise died this week.
The odometer problem: agents that work all day with no way to prove the work went anywhere. And the instrumentation that fixes it.
Not a hack. One missing HTML tag, and “anyone with the link” quietly became “anyone with a search bar.”
Codex spent the afternoon building, testing, and fixing. I spent it in Paris. What phone-only delegation can and can't do yet.
| Call | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|
| “Cursor is dying” | Feb 2026 | REVERSED BY AUTHOR |
| “Claude Code is no longer king” | Feb 2026 | HELD, THEN ANSWERED |
| “Cancelling my subscription” | Jul 2026 | PENDING — OPUS 5 UNDER TEST |