Claude Code vs Cursor: After 6 Months Side by Side, Here’s My Solo Consultant Pick

Code editor display, dark theme — Claude Code vs Cursor comparison for solo consultants

Claude Code vs Cursor — six months of side-by-side use on solo consultant work. I have paid Claude Code at $20/month and Cursor Pro at $20/month, used them daily across three to five client projects in parallel, and kept a running log of which one I opened first. The first three months I treated them … Read more

OpenAI–Microsoft Cut the Exclusivity Knot. Here’s What Shifts for a Freelancer’s Stack.

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A news brief from a solo operator’s seat — what the April 27 partnership rewrite actually changes for the people paying $20–$200 a month, not the boardroom. In this post TL;DR What the OpenAI Microsoft deal actually changed First-party products stay on Azure 3 things that actually move for a freelance stack What does NOT … Read more

Notion AI Review: 3 Habits That Stuck, 2 I Quietly Dropped After 8 Months

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Notion AI was down for about an hour one Thursday morning in March. I was in the middle of processing a 90-minute client call transcript. I opened the transcript, stared at it, and realized I’d forgotten how to do the work I was doing two years ago — reading every line and pulling out what … Read more