Better products often lose to louder competitors—but every so often, a quiet revolution changes the rules entirely. Cline, with its seamless steering-based workflow and use of next-gen AI models, offers an entirely new way to interact with code copilots. Surprisingly overlooked, it handles complex tasks effortlessly where others, like Cursor, hit their limits. This marks more than a feature improvement—it’s a subtle yet profound shift in how developers harness AI to code.

In building our own Unity tab-completion feature, I explored existing solutions and their fascinating history. This led me to the story of Cursor acquiring Babble, the best tab-completion model available today. Originating from Jacob Jackson's early code-completion tool TabNine, Babble revolutionized the space by using edit sequences for training—far superior to traditional Fill-in-the-Middle methods. With a groundbreaking 1M context window, Babble dramatically outperformed competitors in speed and scope. Cursor's acquisition of Babble not only elevated their own offering but secured a significant data advantage, positioning them at the forefront of AI-powered coding assistants.