The vibe coding tool Cursor, from startup Anysphere, has introduced Composer, its first in-house, proprietary coding large language model (LLM) as part of its Cursor 2.0 platform update.

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TIOBE Programming Index News May 2025: Python Hits Major Milestone Your email has been sent Python holds the highest share of interest in a programming language in decades Go, Rust, and other ...

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