Using Cursor and Claude to Solve Record Search Bugs
Ever have that one bug that’s been mocking you for months? Jason’s Vinyl Viewer app has been serving up the wrong album details whenever someone clicks on search results—Frank Zappa fans were getting Taylor Swift instead. After ten months of digital musical chairs, Jason finally enlists Cursor and Claude to play detective. What they uncover is a classic case of array confusion: the search works perfectly, but the click handler is stuck in the past, referencing the original data instead of the filtered results. Watch a ten-month headache dissolve in minutes when AI meets persistent debugging.
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Key Takeaways
- Cursor with Claude can quickly identify and fix complex bugs in web applications
- The Vinyl Viewer bug occurred because the click handler used the original data array instead of the filtered array
- Claude was able to diagnose the issue without requiring extensive prompting
- Cursor provides a more integrated experience than standard chat interfaces for coding tasks
- AI assistants can help debug code even on projects that haven't been maintained for months
Resources
Vinyl Viewer GitHub Repository
Source code for the vinyl record collection viewer application