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title: "Cursor"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2025/05/cursor/
last_updated: 2026-01-03
---


Meanwhile, in a conversation with a coworker...

> **Me**: My _aha!_ moment from this week was to use
> [Cline](https://cline.bot/)[^1] with this new "Use the browser" integration.
> It opens an embedded web browser within its pane and starts to use the cursor
> to click around.
>
> **Coworker**: [Cursor](https://www.cursor.com/)[^2], the IDE?
>
> **Me**: Nooo, I mean, the mouse cursor, the pointer.

I was waiting for this moment when the overloaded "Cursor" term would become
ambiguous. It's just somewhat of a funny coincidence that it appeared in the
context of one of its main competitors.

[^1]: Cline: _an AI-powered coding assistant that runs in VS Code_

[^2]: Cursor: _the AI Code Editor_