I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app with Cursor AI
8 hours ago
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- #web-development
- #poker
- Played 1,000 hands of online poker and built a web app with Cursor AI.
- Spent time reviewing hands with PokerTracker 4, reading books, and studying strategy.
- Built a Laravel MVP web app for poker stats with features like hand history parsing and balance checks.
- Learned emotional intelligence, self-regulation, resilience, and humility through poker.
- Managed bankroll and risk, focusing on discipline and following a plan.
- Used AI tools like Grok and Cursor to build the app without writing code.
- Compared working with Cursor AI to working with human developers, noting faster feedback loops.
- Faced challenges with hand history parsing and edge cases in poker hands.
- Found Claude 4.5 Sonnet Thinking improved response quality in Cursor.
- Focused on the present and potential upside of AI in building and learning.