Cursor 3 Just Killed the Traditional IDE — And Nobody Knows What Comes Next
There’s a moment every product hits where it has to choose between what made it famous and what keeps it alive. Cursor just made that call. On April 2, 2026, Cursor launched version 3 — codenamed “Glass” — and it’s not an update. It’s a philosophical coup. The default interface is no longer a code editor with AI sprinkled on top. It’s a mission control dashboard for fleets of AI agents. The file explorer? Gone from the default view. The code you write yourself? Optional. ...