# Why the author canceled a Cursor subscription and moved toward terminal-based coding agents

DevFeed: [Why the author canceled a Cursor subscription and moved toward terminal-based coding agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-canceled-my-cursor-subscription-after-a-year-here-s-why-28984.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://codingwithroby.substack.com/p/i-canceled-my-cursor-subscription>)

Author: Eric Roby

Published: 2026-03-10T12:02:45Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Eric Roby](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eric-roby.md>)

Topics: [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes moving from ChatGPT to Cursor and then to terminal-based tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini. They argue that Cursor no longer fits their evolving coding workflow and that terminal-based agents offer a better direction for codebase-aware automation.

## Source excerpt

The coding workflow that replaced my IDE and why terminals are winning in 2026