Cursor codes. Perplexity explains. You still need both.

Cursor is where the code gets written, refactored, and run. Its strength is operating on your actual project files with context of the whole repo.

Perplexity is where I go when Cursor's suggestion is a black box and I need to understand the underlying concept or the current docs. It explains; it does not edit my files.

Relying on Cursor alone means trusting suggestions I do not understand. Relying on Perplexity alone means reading instead of building. The pairing is the point.

Verdict: build -> Cursor. understand -> Perplexity.