20260127 - Cursor lies about vibe-coding a web browser with AI

original theft, do not steal https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: We built a browser with GPT-5.2 in Cursor https://x.com/mntruell/status/2011562190286045552 Scaling long-running autonomous coding https://cursor.com/blog/scaling-agents Cursor used a swarm of AI agents powered by OpenAI to build and run a web browser for a week — with no human help. Here's why developers are buzzing https://fortune.com/2026/01/23/cursor-built-web-browser-with-swarm-ai-agents-powered-openai/ fastrender/Cargo.toml https://github.com/wilsonzlin/fastrender/blob/main/Cargo.toml In various comments, I have explained at length why your fleet of autonomous agents failed miserably at building something that could be seen as a valid POC https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46709191 Previously on Pivot to AI: If AI coding is so good … where are the performance numbers? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeU208KqeRc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Steve Yegge's Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_8gPam4tM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA