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Re: Show HN: Windsurf – Agentic IDE

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Post by IAmGraydon » Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 2:55 AM UTC

anonzzzies wrote: post #35

IAmGraydon wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For one thing, it seems to be half the price.

Non-sustainable pricing is not a thing... They have VC money, when it runs out, you'll get 'shafted' (possibly, it's all expectation management of course, but they seem to set very strange expectations these days).

I realize prices will likely go up at some point in the future, but what's a fair price for something like this? It's amazing how much time this can save a developer. $10 per month seems ridiculously cheap for the value it creates. I think the market will happily pay more.

Re: Show HN: Windsurf – Agentic IDE

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Post by IAmGraydon » Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 2:57 AM UTC

knowitnone wrote: post #46

IAmGraydon wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just got done with my first session in Windsurf. It's mostly magical, but the terminal implementation leaves something to be desired. That doesn't seem like it would take much to fix though. Setting that aside, this thing is insane. I spun up a Django project/app and was able to accomplish in about 5 minutes what would normally take over an hour. The way it seamlessly edits multiple files in unison is unbelievably…

Nevermind the fix. IMO, if you have to identify these basic issues for them, that's already a problem.

Is minimum viable product not a thing anymore? The software seems amazingly well baked for a first release.

Re: Show HN: Windsurf – Agentic IDE

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Post by panpandas » Sun, Nov 17, 2024, 11:12 PM UTC

I built an app on bolt.new and got stuck with broken locales. Tried Windsurf last night and damn, it just fixed translations perfectly without breaking anything else. Zero side effects. Pretty sweet!

Re: Show HN: Windsurf – Agentic IDE

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Post by blacktechnology » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 2:34 AM UTC

Is there any plan to add image/screenshot support to Windsurf?

Re: Show HN: Windsurf – Agentic IDE

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Post by indianmouse » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 10:33 AM UTC

Totally useless and I'm sure I will not be subscribing to it at any cost.

It gets easily confused and cannot troubleshoot or understand a bit of the environment. It is good for creating one or two html pages or something that can be done within a one or two functions.

Don't expect or depend on it for anything serious. Even for some experienced folks, it is tough to get it do somethings.

Can see how the AI is going to take over the world!

Good for learning though. Sorry for sounding arrogant, but that's the reality.

I've subscriptions for most of the tools, but it's only as good as the user. It'll and can never replace or take over unless the user doesn't want to learn or adopt or become more efficient.