I just wanted to hear peoples experiences with AI IDEs.
For context, I’m a heavy user of Gemini / ChatGPT for coding and Copilot. But I haven’t used Cursor / Windsurf / etc..
Copy pasting into chat apps is a first world problem: it will do the work for you, but you have to give it all the context in the prompt, which for a larger project, gets tedious.
The issue with Copilot is that it’s not as smart as the “thinking” chat apps.
This makes it clear why there’s such a need for AI IDEs. I don’t want to construct my context to a chat app. The context is already in my codebase, so the AI should pick up on it. But I also hear that it gets expensive because of the pay-per-use pricing, as opposed to effectively unlimited prompts for a thinking chat app if you pay the monthly subscription.
So I just wanted to get the lay of the land. How good are these IDEs on constructing your context to the LLMs? How much more expensive is it, and is it worth it for you? — Read More
Daily Archives: May 9, 2025
Document My Pentest: you hack, the AI writes it up!
Tired of repeating yourself? Automate your web security audit trail. In this post I’ll introduce a new Burp AI extension that takes the boring bits out of your pen test.
Web security testing can be a grind: documenting every step, writing the same notes over and over, and repeating it all across every engagement. But what if your workflow could document itself – while you hacked?
Meet “Document My Pentest”, your silent co-analyst for security testing. It’s an open-source Burp Suite extension that watches your requests in real time, understands what you’re probing for, and automatically builds a clean, structured record of your findings – capturing exactly what you did and how you did it. When you’re ready, hand it off to AI and generate a report. No more boring note taking. Just results. — Read More
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