# Debugging with Cursor as Your Rubber Ducky

DevFeed: [Debugging with Cursor as Your Rubber Ducky](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/debugging-with-cursor-as-your-rubber-ducky-5181.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/debugging-with-cursor>)

Author: Sam Harrison

Published: 2025-06-20T16:44:12Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that Cursor is most useful for debugging as a conversational "rubber duck": an LLM partner that asks questions, exposes assumptions, and builds context gradually. It favors this approach over blindly applying AI-generated fixes or relying only on structured bug reports.

## Source excerpt

Have you ever explained a bug or issue you're having to someone, only to discover the solution mid-conversation, as if simply describing the problem helped you catch your own mistake? This is actually quite common and has been used by software engineers for decades, with the offi...