Is Claude Code Better Than Cursor? A Real-World Test with Convex

Claude Code demonstrates impressive agentic intelligence, successfully building an entire website from scratch and proactively planning complex development tasks. Despite its powerful core, the tool is held back by its terminal-based user interface, which feels clunky and unintuitive for common actions. Ultimately, while the AI's planning and tool usage are top-notch, the user experience falls short of IDE-integrated assistants like Cursor that offer superior interactivity and ease of use.