Cursor is now free for Students

Cursor is now free for students! If you're a student and haven’t tried Cursor yet, now’s the time. They just made their AI coding editor completely free for students. It’s like VS Code with an AI pair programmer built in and it actually understands your codebase (better than Copilot in my opinion!). But here's the thing. Tools like Cursor aren't shortcuts to become a developer. They're multipliers. If you take the time to really learn how code works, tools like this make you faster and more effective. If you skip that part, you might get output, but not insight. Learn to think in code first. Then use AI to move quicker. I use Cursor myself while building sliplane.io, my platform for hosting Docker apps. It saves time, but only because I know what I want it to do. The real leverage comes from combining good tools with solid understanding. Cheers, Jonas Co-Founder sliplane.io

May 7, 2025 - 15:00

Cursor is now free for students!

If you're a student and haven’t tried Cursor yet, now’s the time. They just made their AI coding editor completely free for students. It’s like VS Code with an AI pair programmer built in and it actually understands your codebase (better than Copilot in my opinion!).

But here's the thing. Tools like Cursor aren't shortcuts to become a developer. They're multipliers. If you take the time to really learn how code works, tools like this make you faster and more effective. If you skip that part, you might get output, but not insight. Learn to think in code first. Then use AI to move quicker.

I use Cursor myself while building sliplane.io, my platform for hosting Docker apps. It saves time, but only because I know what I want it to do. The real leverage comes from combining good tools with solid understanding.

Cheers,

Jonas Co-Founder sliplane.io