Sonnet 3.5 > Sonnet 3.7

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So far…

Sonnet 3.7 > Sonnet 3.5:

  • complex front-end related code

Sonnet 3.5 > Sonnet 3.7:

  • everything else

Agree or disagree?

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3.7 is better than 3.5 even though it stops working most of the time.

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Every time? I find it not ideal all the time: it’s changing more than I require it to change and it is not always the better change.

It wants to be very autonomous but it still is not ready to be that autonomous.

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I agree with you. I’ve not noticed that its necessarily stupider - but it keeps changing stuff I didn’t tell it to change. It sometimes changes stuff even when i explicitly tell it not to. I cannot be sure if this is a Cursor or Sonnet thing tho, suppose I’ll have to do some testing.

It often randomly starts adding files that are tangentially related. Sometimes it opens a related file and sees a comment in it, and then does what the comment said - even tho it has nothing to do with my question or the task at hand. It also keeps deleting console logs and comments lol I’ve also had it use a wrong language altogether :open_mouth:

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I agree and found it quite weird. I feel more and more pressured into just vibing. Let go and let cursor. And… given that I don’t work in Python or JS I find this super annoying. Also experience asking it not to change things and then still seeing it change those things.

In my opinion Cursor is heavy handed in the direction they want to push the development experience. I am still a subscriber but my patience is starting to run dry. Its possible to have a worse model and a better experience with less aggressive system prompts.

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Exactly. I have extensive cursor rules set up. It still ignores it - yolo mode is basically useless as the combination of random code changes with full access results in rubbish code.

It might be more powerful/intelligent, but it makes random changes. It’s basically like my hot ex: it thinks it knows everything and i have to go in afterwards and fix ■■■■.

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Exaclty… “heavy handed” is the right description.

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Yes, I’ve noticed it taking QUITE a few liberties lately. Like an overzealous brown-nosing college intern.