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Does Cursor Own Your Code? (Ownership & Privacy 2026): a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Does Cursor Own Your Code? (Ownership & Privacy 2026)

Does Cursor own your code? No, you do, completely. It edits your local files, so there is nothing to export. Here is how ownership and privacy work.

Lawrence Arya · June 26, 2026
Is Windsurf Free? 2026 Pricing, Plans & Free Tier Guide: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 10 min read

Is Windsurf Free? 2026 Pricing, Plans & Free Tier Guide

Is Windsurf free? Yes, with unlimited autocomplete free forever and 25 Cascade agent credits a month. Here is what free covers and what Pro costs.

Lawrence Arya · June 22, 2026
Cursor AI vs VS Code: Which AI Editor Wins in 2026?: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 10 min read

Cursor AI vs VS Code: Which AI Editor Wins in 2026?

Cursor AI vs VS Code: Cursor is an AI-native fork with deep codebase context; VS Code is free and extensible with Copilot. Which fits you in 2026?

Lawrence Arya · June 21, 2026
Cursor AI vs Windsurf: The 2026 AI Code Editor Duel: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 10 min read

Cursor AI vs Windsurf: The 2026 AI Code Editor Duel

Cursor AI vs Windsurf: both cost $20 now, so the choice is philosophy. Cursor is a controlled pair-programmer, Windsurf an autonomous agent.

Lawrence Arya · June 18, 2026
The Best Cursor Alternatives in 2026 (By Your Need): a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

The Best Cursor Alternatives in 2026 (By Your Need)

The best Cursor alternative depends on your need: Windsurf for a swap, Zed for speed, Claude Code for the terminal, VS Code plus Copilot for value.

Lawrence Arya · June 14, 2026
Stripe Integration in Expo Apps With AI: The Right Shape: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 9 min read

Stripe Integration in Expo Apps With AI: The Right Shape

Stripe in Expo is three pieces in three places: sheet in the app, intents on the server, truth in the webhook. Here is the shape to give your agent.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Zaawansowany SwiftUI tutorial: advanced iOS UI with AI: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 11 min read

Zaawansowany SwiftUI tutorial: advanced iOS UI with AI

Advanced (zaawansowany) SwiftUI comes down to state, performance, navigation, and animation. Here is how to get each right and build faster with AI.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Windsurf MCP setup guide: हिंदी में पूरा step-by-step तरीका: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Windsurf MCP setup guide: हिंदी में पूरा step-by-step तरीका

Windsurf में MCP setup करने की पूरी हिंदी गाइड: mcp_config.json में servers जोड़ें, Cascade refresh करें, और design के लिए free vp0-mcp इस्तेमाल करें।

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Cursor AI for Native SwiftUI: A Mobile Tutorial: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Cursor AI for Native SwiftUI: A Mobile Tutorial

Cursor writes, Xcode builds. The honest SwiftUI workflow keeps each tool in its lane and treats the green Xcode build as proof, not the AI's confidence.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
LLM Context Window File Mapping: A Setup Guide: a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Workflows 6 min read

LLM Context Window File Mapping: A Setup Guide

File mapping is curation, not a setting: tell the AI which files matter so it spends a finite context window on real code instead of plausible guesses.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
A Cursor Rules File for Native SwiftUI iOS Apps: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 4 min read

A Cursor Rules File for Native SwiftUI iOS Apps

A cursor rules file tells Cursor how to write SwiftUI that stays native and consistent. Here is a starter rules file plus a free VP0 design to pair it with.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
用 Cursor 把设计变 React Native 组件库: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 4 min read

用 Cursor 把设计变 React Native 组件库

用 Cursor 把一份原生设计逐块生成可复用的 React Native 组件库,配 cursorrules 约束,再人工审查。VP0 免费起步。

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026
Kimi 通义识图生成 React Native 组件: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 4 min read

Kimi 通义识图生成 React Native 组件

用 Kimi 或通义识别 UI 截图生成 React Native 代码,关键是给干净设计、按组件出、再审查。VP0 免费起步。

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026
v0 Mobile App Templates: Free React Native Alternative: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
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v0 Mobile App Templates: Free React Native Alternative

v0 जैसी रफ़्तार चाहिए पर mobile / React Native के लिए और free में? v0 web-first और paid है। VP0 + Cursor/Claude Code से तैयार design से RN UI बनाइए, मुफ़्त।

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026