Lex says he moved from VS Code to Cursor for programming and has not looked back.
“I switched completely from VS Code to Cursor.”Lex Fridman
Source: Transcript for Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Lex Fridman Podcast #456 (podcast, 5 Jan 2025)
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Says he has used it for over 20 years and carries it on every trip
In a Q&A segment at the end of his Zelenskyy episode, Lex explains he travels everywhere with his Kinesis keyboard and feels more productive and faster at correcting typos with it.
“Whether I'm going to SF, Boston, Austin, London, or the front in Ukraine, I am always bringing the Kinesis keyboard.”Lex Fridman
Source: Transcript for Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Lex Fridman Podcast #456 (podcast, 5 Jan 2025)
Emacs text editor
Stopped usingUsed for over 20 years, customised in Lisp
Lex describes Emacs as his long-time editor, which he later left for VS Code and then Cursor.
“I used Emacs for many, many years and I love Lisp, so a lot of the customization is done in Lisp.”Lex Fridman
Source: Transcript for Pieter Levels | Lex Fridman Podcast #440 (podcast, 20 Aug 2024)
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