--- title: Vibe Coding Tutorial and Best Practices (Cursor / Windsurf) description: The post discusses Vibe coding, an approach involving AI agents like Cursor and Windsurf to write entire applications with minimal human intervention. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-tutorial-and-best-practices-cursor-windsurf--ogsgvfvzq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vibe Coding Tutorial and Best Practices (Cursor / Windsurf) | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses Vibe coding, an approach involving AI agents like Cursor and Windsurf to write entire applications with minimal human intervention. 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It emphasizes setting specific rules to guide AI behavior, avoiding code duplication, maintaining separate environments, and frequent testing. The post highlights that although this method is slower, it significantly enhances coding efficiency and offers tips for optimizing the process. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@thewebdude** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for the post, would love to see you in our vibe coders squad: https://app.daily.dev/squads/vibecoders **@thewebdude** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for the post, would love to see you in our vibe coders squad: https://app.daily.dev/squads/vibecoders --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-tutorial-and-best-practices-cursor-windsurf--ogsgvfvzq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Vibe Coding Tutorial and Best Practices (Cursor / Windsurf)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-tutorial-and-best-practices-cursor-windsurf--ogsgvfvzq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-tutorial-and-best-practices-cursor-windsurf--ogsgvfvzq"},"datePublished":"2025-03-11T11:45:05.707Z","dateModified":"2025-03-11T11:45:26.653Z","description":"The post discusses Vibe coding, an approach involving AI agents like Cursor and Windsurf to write entire applications with minimal human intervention. 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