+0.04 Cursor Is Dead – How a $29B company became obsolete in under three years (www.permissionprotocol.com)
18 points by rodchalski 3 days ago | 0 comments on HN | Mild negative ~lite vlite-1.6
Summary ~lite AI Technology Neutral
The article discusses the rapid rise and fall of Cursor, an AI coding tool.
EQ 0.50
SO 0.60
TD 0.70
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2026-03-06 16:43 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22) - -
2026-03-06 16:43 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative)
reasoning
The content discusses the rise and fall of Cursor, an AI coding tool, and its implications on product lifecycles in the
2026-03-06 16:43 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-03-06 16:43 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.04) - -
2026-03-06 16:43 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.04 (Neutral)
reasoning
tech blog post on AI tooling