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Windsurf just destroyed AI coding agents with something far far better

Wow this is incredible.

Windsurf IDE’s new SWE agents completely blows traditional AI coding agents out of the water.

Yes I’m talking about coding agents like Cursor Composer and even the new VS Code agent that just dropped like how many days ago.

They are already outdated.

Look this is way way different from the typical stuff we’re used to from our precious coding agents.

Forget coding — this is full-scale autonomous software engineering from start to finish.

AI coding agents have been the latest and greatest in the coding world for a while. They were a major step up from simple code completions.

They could understand complex instructions. Multi-file edits were a piece of cake. Powerful effortless high-level coding.

But right now these are nothing, absolutely nothing compared to the new SWE-1 models. This is not just another iteration. This is a fundamental shift.

Forget agents that try to grasp the bigger picture. SWE-1 lives in it.

These aren’t just language models tweaked for code. Windsurf built these from the ground up. Software engineering is in their DNA.

The difference lies in what Windsurf calls “flow awareness.” It’s not just about understanding the current code. It’s about understanding the process.

Think about it. Coding isn’t just about writing lines. It’s about navigating different environments. It’s about understanding the history. It’s about anticipating the next step, even across different tools.

That’s where SWE-1 shines. It sees the whole flow. Your IDE. Your terminal. Your browser.

It understands the context switching. It gets what you’re trying to do and how it fits into the big picture.

LLMs like Copilot understand your next line:

AI coding agents understand your codebase:

SWE agents understand your understand your ENTIRE system. This is automation at an unbelievably high level of abstraction:

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