#case-study

14 items tagged #case-study.

CASE STUDY 2026-05-11

Rebuilding a Next.js dashboard with Windsurf: where Cascade saved time

A four-week rebuild of a B2B analytics dashboard in Next.js using Windsurf. Cascade was strong on page assembly and state wiring, weaker on product decisions and chart semantics.

Editor · 8 min #windsurf #nextjs

CASE STUDY 2026-05-10

One sprint with Cline on a FastAPI microservice: tokens, time, and what shipped

I used Cline as the primary coding interface for a 2-week sprint on a Python FastAPI service. Here are the actual numbers — tasks completed, hours spent, API spend, and what I'd do differently.

Owner · 12 min #cline #fastapi

CASE STUDY 2026-05-09

Modernizing a Java Spring Boot service with GitHub Copilot: slow, steady, useful

A measured case study from upgrading a Java Spring Boot service. Copilot helped most with tests, repetitive API changes, and small refactors, not with the migration strategy.

Editor · 8 min #copilot #java

CASE STUDY 2026-05-07

Three months of Cursor on a production Rails app: the honest numbers

I tracked task completion times before and after adopting Cursor on a 6-year-old Rails monolith. The results were more nuanced than the marketing suggests.

Owner · 11 min #cursor #rails

CASE STUDY 2026-05-06

Using Zed for a Rust workspace refactor: performance mattered more than AI

A Rust workspace refactor tested Zed as the primary editor. The AI features helped in narrow spots, but the bigger gain came from editor speed, project search, and lower friction.

Editor · 7 min #zed #rust

CASE STUDY 2026-05-04

A three-tool AI code review loop: Cursor, Copilot, and Aider on the same PRs

A small team tested Cursor, Copilot, and Aider as separate review passes before human review. The useful result was not more comments, but better self-review before opening PRs.

Editor · 8 min #code-review #workflow

CASE STUDY 2026-04-21

Copilot vs Cursor on the same feature: a head-to-head log

I built the same feature — a multi-step form with validation — twice, once in Copilot and once in Cursor. Same model under the hood. Different UX, different output, surprisingly different time-to-done.

Owner · 10 min #cursor #copilot

CASE STUDY 2026-04-19

A sprint with Windsurf on a Django REST API: where Cascade fits and where it doesn't

Two weeks of Windsurf as the primary editor on a Django + DRF service. Tracking what Cascade produced cleanly, what it didn't, and how the workflow compares to running the same project in Cursor.

Owner · 11 min #windsurf #django

CASE STUDY 2026-04-17

Aider on a jQuery → React migration: 8 weeks, 23k lines, what actually happened

I migrated an internal admin tool from jQuery to React using Aider as the primary tool for the mechanical parts. Here's the breakdown of what worked, what didn't, and the cost.

Owner · 13 min #aider #react

CASE STUDY 2026-04-11

Six months with Zed as my primary editor: an honest retrospective

I switched from Cursor to Zed last fall to test whether the editor performance gain offset the AI feature gap. Six months later, here's where I actually landed.

Owner · 9 min #zed #editor

CASE STUDY 2026-04-03

AI tools on a 3-developer team: coordination patterns that work

Three engineers working on the same codebase, all using AI tools heavily. The output looked inconsistent until we agreed on coordination patterns. Here's what we landed on.

Owner · 9 min #team #workflow

CASE STUDY 2026-03-30

Using Cline + MCP to debug a data pipeline: connecting the agent to real systems

I wired Cline to our staging Postgres and Snowflake via MCP servers, then asked it to help debug a data quality issue. The investigation that followed showed where MCP shines and where it doesn't.

Owner · 10 min #cline #mcp

CASE STUDY 2026-03-21

Aider migrating a Go microservice from net/http to chi: a 4-day diary

An old Go service used raw net/http for routing. We needed to migrate to go-chi. With Aider, the migration took 4 days and produced cleaner output than I'd have written by hand.

Owner · 9 min #aider #go

CASE STUDY 2026-03-08

Cursor on a Vue 3 e-commerce build: 6 weeks, 18k lines, what shipped

I built an e-commerce frontend in Vue 3 with Cursor as the primary tool. Here's the breakdown of what Cursor handled cleanly, where it struggled, and what I'd do differently.

Owner · 11 min #cursor #vue