The first cloud agent felt less like pair programming and more like hiring an engineer
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I thought a cloud coding agent was still pair programming: the same local conversation, just running somewhere else. The first thing that surprised me was not the code. It was how little the run needed me. My evidence is a first Cursor Cloud Agent run against a real monorepo. What initially looked like a Cursor feature turned out to be a different execution model. The run started over in a fresh environment, did the onboarding work, and left proof. Useful. Autonomous. And missing almost…
1Key Takeaways
- I thought a cloud coding agent was still pair programming: the same local conversation, just running somewhere else.
- The first thing that surprised me was not the code.
- It was how little the run needed me.
- My evidence is a first Cursor Cloud Agent run against a real monorepo.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that i thought a cloud coding agent was still pair programming: the same local conversation, just running somewhere else.
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