# I used O3 yesterday in Cursor IDE

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/i-used-o3-yesterday-in-cursor-ide/82196>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/i-used-o3-yesterday-in-cursor-ide/82196 "2025-04-22T07:25:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/i-used-o3-yesterday-in-cursor-ide/82196/21 "2025-04-25T14:55:06Z")

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ok understandable 😉

How long would it taken you to do the same code change, approximately for cost vs benefit comparison as you spent 3h with the model doing the changes.

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**Author:** ![cocode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/cocode/32/83970_2.png) [@cocode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/cocode)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/i-used-o3-yesterday-in-cursor-ide/82196/22 "2025-04-26T09:34:36Z")

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I would say at least 3 times more. It takes more prompting and more planning and more slicing.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/i-used-o3-yesterday-in-cursor-ide/82196/23 "2026-06-18T10:39:55Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:39am UTC



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