Windsurf

Windsurf is the AI coding environment now folded into Cognition’s Devin Desktop experience. It helps developers work with coding agents across local and cloud workflows, combining an IDE-style interface with agent sessions, code review, context sharing, model access, and collaboration features for software teams. The product is strongest for engineers who want AI agents to do more than autocomplete. It supports planning, delegating tasks, reviewing changes, using codebase context, and coordinating work across local and cloud agents. The current Windsurf URL redirects into Devin Desktop, which reflects the newer Cognition branding around agent-based coding. For FutureStack users, Windsurf fits best as a serious coding-agent workspace for developers, founders, and engineering teams. It can help with implementation tasks, multi-file edits, code review, debugging, and agent coordination when a normal chatbot or single autocomplete extension is not enough. The main tradeoff is that agentic coding still needs supervision. Users must review diffs, test changes, manage usage, protect sensitive code, and keep architectural control. It is powerful for shipping faster, but it should not be treated as a fully autonomous engineer for production systems.