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Arjun Patel

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ML Engineer who makes artificial intelligence practical for everyday developers. Arjun cuts through AI hype to focus on what actually works in production systems.

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Articles by Arjun Patel

I Tracked Every Coding Session for 3 Months to Settle the Cursor vs Copilot Debate
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I Tracked Every Coding Session for 3 Months to Settle the Cursor vs Copilot Debate

After 3 months of tracking every session, one tool hit 80% accuracy while the other stalled at 65%. The winner surprised me for frontend work.

APArjun PatelDecember 6, 20257 min read
We Keep Arguing About Cursor vs Copilot. So I Actually Measured It.
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We Keep Arguing About Cursor vs Copilot. So I Actually Measured It.

I tracked 100 PRs over 90 days. Copilot won on acceptance rate, but Cursor's code needed fewer rewrites. Here's what the numbers actually showed.

APArjun PatelDecember 6, 20256 min read
I Watched 3 Engineers Become Managers. 2 of Them Are Miserable.
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I Watched 3 Engineers Become Managers. 2 of Them Are Miserable.

Two of three engineers I watched become managers are miserable. Here's the energy audit framework I used to figure out which path actually fits you.

APArjun PatelAugust 13, 202511 min read
Why I Finally Paid for IntelliJ After Years of Free VS Code
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Why I Finally Paid for IntelliJ After Years of Free VS Code

Six months, three projects, 75K lines of Java. The $200/year difference came down to one feature I didn't expect to care about.

APArjun PatelFebruary 23, 20259 min read
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