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Vibe Coding vs Prompt Engineering: What Is the Difference?: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Vibe Coding vs Prompt Engineering: What Is the Difference?

Vibe coding is a way of building by describing outcomes; prompt engineering is the skill that makes those descriptions work. How they fit together for app builders.

Lawrence Arya · October 2, 2026
Does Expo Work With Cursor? Yes, and It Is the Default: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 11 min read

Does Expo Work With Cursor? Yes, and It Is the Default

Cursor's agent drives Expo's files and terminal, Expo Go puts every edit on your phone, EAS ships it. The 30-minute setup that keeps the pairing on rails.

Lawrence Arya · August 17, 2026
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
Can Cursor Build an iOS App? (2026 Expo + React Native): a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Can Cursor Build an iOS App? (2026 Expo + React Native)

Yes, Cursor builds iOS apps via React Native and Expo. Here is the full workflow from prompt to App Store, and how to make the result feel native.

Lawrence Arya · June 26, 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
Free UI Templates for Cursor: React Native and iOS: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Free UI Templates for Cursor: React Native and iOS

Cursor writes code but does not design. Free UI templates give it the native design context it needs. Where to find them for React Native and iOS.

Lawrence Arya · June 18, 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
Cursor AI vs GitHub Copilot (2026): Which Should You Use?: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Cursor AI vs GitHub Copilot (2026): Which Should You Use?

Cursor is $20/mo with deep codebase context; Copilot is $10/mo and runs in your editor. How they compare on price, agents, and codebase understanding.

Lawrence Arya · June 17, 2026
Is Cursor AI Free? (2026 Pricing & Free Tier Guide): the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 10 min read

Is Cursor AI Free? (2026 Pricing & Free Tier Guide)

Is Cursor AI free? Yes, the Hobby plan is $0 with no card. Here is what the free tier includes, how the credits work, and what Pro costs.

Lawrence Arya · June 16, 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
Free UI Templates for Cursor (React Native & iOS): the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 10 min read

Free UI Templates for Cursor (React Native & iOS)

Cursor has no built-in UI templates. The three free pieces that give it native React Native and iOS screens: a starter, a design reference, and a rules file.

Lawrence Arya · June 12, 2026
Cursor MCP 插件开发入门:从协议到上线: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 12 min read

Cursor MCP 插件开发入门:从协议到上线

给 Cursor 开发「插件」其实是写一个 MCP server:tools、resources、stdio 传输、mcp.json 登记,再发布到 npm 和官方 registry。

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Meilleure IA pour coder en React Native : le comparatif: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
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Meilleure IA pour coder en React Native : le comparatif

Claude Code pour l'agent, Cursor pour l'éditeur, Rork ou Lovable pour démarrer : le comparatif honnête, et pourquoi le point de départ pèse plus que l'outil.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
The Best AI Builder for iOS Widgets: An Honest Guide: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 9 min read

The Best AI Builder for iOS Widgets: An Honest Guide

iOS widgets are SwiftUI-only, so the best AI builder is one that writes Swift. Here is how Cursor, Claude Code, Rork, and Lovable actually compare for widget work.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
The Best AI Tools for Vibe Coding in 2026: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
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The Best AI Tools for Vibe Coding in 2026

The best vibe coding tools in 2026, split by whether you code: Cursor, Claude Code, and Windsurf for developers, Lovable and Bolt for non-coders.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 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
React Native Debugger Network Tab Empty: The Cursor Fix: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Workflows 7 min read

React Native Debugger Network Tab Empty: The Cursor Fix

An empty network tab means legacy tooling or a request that never fired. How to tell in one minute, and why AI-generated fetch calls fail silently.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Cursor MCP for React Components: Context on Tap: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 4 min read

Cursor MCP for React Components: Context on Tap

Wire MCP servers into Cursor for component work: design-source and registry servers, the setup, when MCP beats pasting, and what it honestly changes.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Cursor: Migrate React to React Native Without the Jank: a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Cursor: Migrate React to React Native Without the Jank

Migrate a React web app to React Native with Cursor: what transfers whole, the DOM-to-native dictionary, the extract-logic-first sequence, and per-screen prompts.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Cursor Rules for React Native: Your Taste, Enforced: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 4 min read

Cursor Rules for React Native: Your Taste, Enforced

Write Cursor rules for React Native that work: the decisions worth encoding, scoped rule files, a concrete ruleset, and the drift that kills stale rules.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Draftbit vs Cursor AI for React Native: Different Species: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 4 min read

Draftbit vs Cursor AI for React Native: Different Species

Draftbit vs Cursor for React Native: visual builder vs agent editor, what the export really contains, and the one-way door between the two workflows.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Free Cursor MCP for Webflow Users: What to Install: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Workflows 6 min read

Free Cursor MCP for Webflow Users: What to Install

The free MCP servers Webflow users should install in Cursor: Webflow's official server for site data, vp0-mcp for app UI, and how to wire mcp.json.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Best Prompts for a React Native MVP with Cursor: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Workflows 5 min read

Best Prompts for a React Native MVP with Cursor

Copy-ready Cursor prompts for a React Native MVP: scaffold, the one core loop, auth, polish, and ship prep, in disciplined passes you fully own.

Lawrence Arya · June 4, 2026