
I had something like this in that kind of corner: https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/utrusta-corner-base-cab-pull-out-fitting-gray-50596762/ Mine was right next to the range as well, it was a little awkward because the cupboard door couldn’t quite open all the way. You could also just extend a cupboard back into the void. Some of the stuff at the back gets hard to reach, but most people have kitchen stuff they only need once in a while, so it’s not too bad to have to go deep for some things.
No, it’s entirely possible they used cursor without any AI at all (that’s unlikely, AI is kind of cursor’s big thing), used it in a few places, as a slightly better autocomplete, or to “vibe code the whole thing”. There are probably good reasons to avoid proton, but a text file in their repo related to a specific text editor isn’t very significant.