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Vibe Coding2026-03-23 · source-backed
Windsurf's Wave 13 makes SWE-1.5 free for all users for 3 months (full SWE-Bench-Pro performance). Five concurrent parallel Cascade agents via git worktrees. Arena Mode for blind A/B comparison with voting. Plan Mode as pre-implementation planning. GPT-5.2-Codex support with four reasoning effort levels.
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Windsurf deprecates Cascade / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Windsurf deprecates Cascade); both cover Arena Mode, Codex, Free, GPT; overlapping topics (agent, arena, codex, free, mode).
Cursor benchmarked against Codex / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Cursor benchmarked against Codex); both cover Arena Mode, Plan Mode, SWE, Windsurf Wave; reported by the same outlet (windsurf.com).
Windsurf deprecates Cascade / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Windsurf deprecates Cascade); both cover Arena Mode, Codex, GPT, SWE; overlapping topics (agent, arena, comparison).
OpenAI released Codex / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (OpenAI released Codex); both cover Bench, Codex, GPT, SWE; overlapping topics (gpt-5, level).
Codex competes with Gemini / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex competes with Gemini); both cover Arena Mode, Git Worktrees, Plan Mode, SWE; reported by the same outlet (windsurf.com).
Codex released Windows / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover Bench, Codex, GPT, SWE; overlapping topics (codex, gpt-5).
Claude benchmarked against Codex / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude benchmarked against Codex); both cover Bench, Codex, GPT; overlapping topics (agent, codex, gpt-5).
Windsurf deprecates Cascade / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Windsurf deprecates Cascade); both cover Cascade, Codex, Windsurf; overlapping topics (agent, cascade, codex).