Nikita Bayev

👨🏻‍💻 Head of Web & Mobile Dev / Host of #AlmatyJS meetups / Cursor Ambassador

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Not every idea needs to be a startup. Some just need to exist because the current way is too annoying (or it looks like shit).

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

@drawitpoorly me

[eric zakariasson @ericzakariasson]

cursor sdk launched yesterday!

people are already putting cursor agents in places they already work: gmail, chrome, ci, terminal, docs github issues

here are 11 projects built in the first day ↓

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Everything is an Agents UI now.

[Cursor @cursor_ai]

GPT-5.5 is now available in Cursor!

It's currently the top model on CursorBench at 72.8%.

We've partnered with OpenAI to offer it for 50% off through May 2.

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Thanks @iosartem for participating in our iOS Meetup.

Kinda sad that not all programming languages benefit from AI coding 100%, but Artem’s talk gave a clear picture of what’s going on in iOS agentic development.

[Artem Novichkov @iosartem]

I did it! Just gave a talk about agentic coding. Thanks to everyone who came, and special thanks to the organizers
@drugoi_dev 😉

[Cursor @cursor_ai]

Cursor can now attach demos and screenshots of its work to PRs it opens.

Your team can review artifacts created by cloud agents directly in GitHub.

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

ngl, seeing how the @cursor_ai team operates from an ambassador’s perspective is genuinely inspiring

I've rarely seen this level of agency across every part of the work

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

@nikitabier But what if I want to target different countries with my content?
Local X audience is really small in our case.

[eric zakariasson @ericzakariasson]

there are so many cursor events next 2 weeks it doesn't even fit on the screen! go check out some close to you in the calendar:

https://t.co/t8DmAAfy0I

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Ben Lang @benln]

Cursor’s Ambassador program turns one soon

Comped Ultra plan, private Slack group with team, funding for events, and merch.

Still working through our backlog of applications, but inviting new members every few weeks. Apply to join!

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

@iosartem @github Yeap, now it works fine 🫡

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Looks like @github is not accessible from Kazakhstan.

Hope it hasn’t been banned by our government again.

[Tibor (Tee) @tibor_tee]

Shipping code with AI tools but never experienced Cursor? I am giving one developer a 14-day Cursor Pro pass – this is not a lottery, it is a skill-based selection where your answer determines the winner.

To enter, reply in 2–3 sentences with one specific way you would use Cursor Pro in the next 14 days. Tell me what you are building and why Cursor would accelerate your work. Only replies following this format qualify. I will select one person based on clarity, specificity, and fit – then send the private link directly.

Entries are open until 14th March at 23:59 UTC. After that, I’ll review all eligible replies and notify the selected person within 48 hours.

Already a Cursor user? You cannot redeem this yourself, but share it with a developer who deserves to level up.

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Built diddo: a CLI that tracks your git commits with a post-commit hook and turns them into AI daily summaries.

diddo today / diddo week — no manual logging, just commit and ask "what did I do?"

Installation guide is here — https://t.co/PrjuMv6idi

#BuildWithCursor

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

If you think about the idea long enough, you can watch how somebody else builds it

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

And the last point:
The best dev tools are born from actual pain.

Not "what if someone needs this" but "I have 4 talks on my drive and our YouTube subscribers are waiting."

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

We built a small Python tool that automatically detects slide transitions in recorded AlmatyJS talks using SIFT + RANSAC, generates a DaVinci Resolve timeline, and reduces hours of manual timestamping to ~2.5 minutes per talk.

It reaches ~88% accuracy, with quick fixes via CSV for the remaining cases.

Built in a weekend with OpenCV and some pragmatic heuristics.

Here is the story…

[Nikita Bayev @drugoi_dev]

Here’s the thing — I didn’t write all 1k lines of code by hand, and Python isn’t even my go-to stack.

Without AI coding agents, especially @cursor_ai, this tool probably wouldn't exist.
Not because the code is hard, but because the debugging time budget for a volunteer-run meetup is zero. We'd still be scrubbing through recordings frame by frame.