I am interested in trying out the new code simplifier to see whether it can do a good job
Tried it out a couple times just now, it appears specialized for low-level, syntax-level rephrasings. It will inline functions and intermediate-variable computations that are only used once and try to distill if-else blocks into something more elegant, but it won’t even attempt doing things at a higher level. Was very eager to remove Claude’s own overly verbose/obvious comments, though. Very relatable.
Overall, it would be mildly useful in isolation, but I’m pretty sure you can get the same job done ten times faster using Haiku 4.5 or Composer-1 (Cursor’s own blazing-fast LLM).
Tried it out a couple times just now, it appears specialized for low-level, syntax-level rephrasings. It will inline functions and intermediate-variable computations that are only used once and try to distill if-else blocks into something more elegant, but it won’t even attempt doing things at a higher level. Was very eager to remove Claude’s own overly verbose/obvious comments, though. Very relatable.
Overall, it would be mildly useful in isolation, but I’m pretty sure you can get the same job done ten times faster using Haiku 4.5 or Composer-1 (Cursor’s own blazing-fast LLM).
Curious if you get a different experience.