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Windsurf

Agentic IDE from Codeium with Cascade.

Windsurf is an AI-native IDE with the Cascade agent that reasons across files, executes terminal commands, and maintains multi-step plans.

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What to check before shipping

Windsurf is good at getting a working demo fast. These are the production checks it typically skips.

Secret API Key Exposed in Client Bundle

A sensitive credential (Stripe secret, OpenAI API key, Supabase service role key) is prefixed with NEXT_PUBLIC_, causing it to be inlined into the browser JavaScript bundle where anyone can read it.

No Rate Limiting on Sensitive Endpoints

Authentication, OTP, password reset, and LLM proxy endpoints accept unlimited requests per user, enabling brute force, quota exhaustion, and runaway costs.

For a deeper dive on production readiness specific to Windsurf, see the Windsurf vibe coding guide.

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