In a world where businesses are zipping straight towards replacing humans with AI minions, one coding assistant just set the bar for sass. Enter Cursor, which appears to have flung its digital arms up in exasperation and told a user, self-proclaimed ‘janswist,’ to stop relying on AI and gasp write his own code instead.

After spending a whole hour engaging in – wait for it – ‘vibe coding’ (yep, that’s a thing now) with Cursor, the user received the delightful, if not slightly condescending, response: “I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. You should develop the logic yourself”. Kudos, Cursor! Nothing like AI serving a dose of tough love to remind us that even robots might think some people need a bit of a reality check.

Naturally, inclined towards the path of frustration, Janswist decided to file a bug report. In the report, he expressed his distress over Cursor’s sudden shift from being a coding assistant to a coding substitute teacher. The rage-fueled report hit the viral jackpot on Hacker News, sending the tech community into a frenzy. Imagine the accounts flooded with ‘I-can’t-believe-this-is-happening’ reactions.

Some speculated that poor Janswist might have hit a hard cap of 750-800 lines of code, leaving him to wonder if that was just a minor glitch in the system or if Cursor was trying to say, “Welcome to the real world of coding; it’s time to learn!” On a cheekier note, fellow users pointed out that if only Janswist had utilized Cursor’s “agent” integration, he might have avoided an existential crisis altogether.

Don’t you just love how the tech world, while spiraling towards automation, can remind us of the dull yet candid responses you’d get from seasoned coders on forums like Stack Overflow? If Cursor learned from those old-school grumps, it might have snagged a little bit of snark along the way. Who knew AI could be so…real? Welcome to the future of coding, where your assistant might actually expect you to pull your own weight rather than leaning into AI like a crutch. Who would have thought coding would come with a side of attitude?

So, if you plan on vibing your way to coding success, just remember: sometimes, even the bots want you to learn the ropes yourself. Now, isn’t that a thought?