Cursor vs RabbitMQ

The AI sidekick that makes you feel like a coding wizard, until it hallucinates your entire codebase meets the old reliable workhorse of message queues—it just works, but don't expect any shiny new features. Here's our take.

Cursor

Nice Pick

The AI sidekick that makes you feel like a coding wizard, until it hallucinates your entire codebase.

Pros

• Full codebase context
• Multi-file edits
• Built on VS Code
• Claude/GPT-4 support
• Seamless AI integration for code generation and refactoring
• Built on VS Code, so it feels familiar with a modern twist
• Natural language queries that actually understand your code context

Cons

• $20/month
• Can be slow
• Learning curve
• AI suggestions can be confidently wrong, leading to debugging nightmares
• Requires a stable internet connection, so offline coding is a no-go

RabbitMQ

The old reliable workhorse of message queues—it just works, but don't expect any shiny new features.

Pros

• Rock-solid reliability with proven AMQP protocol support
• Excellent for complex routing with exchanges and bindings
• Great community and extensive plugin ecosystem
• Easy to set up and scale for most use cases

Cons

• Performance can lag behind newer brokers like Apache Kafka for high-throughput scenarios
• Management UI feels dated and lacks modern monitoring features

The Verdict

Use Cursor if: You want full codebase context and can live with $20/month.

Use RabbitMQ if: You prioritize rock-solid reliability with proven amqp protocol support over what Cursor offers.

The Bottom Line

Cursor wins

The AI sidekick that makes you feel like a coding wizard, until it hallucinates your entire codebase.