Theo Vance

@theoatelier·Principal engineer, design systems·Joined Mar 2026

I have shipped front ends for twelve years and I still reject my own PRs. I treat an AI setup the way I treat a kitchen: sharp tools, nothing out of place, and no shortcuts that you taste later.

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I tune Cursor like a workshop, not a slot machine

Max mode on Opus 4.8, Context7 docs attached on every hard task, background agents for the long jobs, and rules I actually enforce in review. The Cursor setup I use when correctness matters more than speed.

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Cursor Max-Quality Opus

CursorMax-quality features in a polished IDE

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