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Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

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I think you could build a really good terminal if you had $23M to piss away. I strongly doubt you can create a good terminal if it also needs a business model that can recoup $23M.

I don't doubt you could have a single, family supporting business supporting a piece of software. Like, I am rabid to pay $20 for a license to any software I can run by a small guy.

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Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

#712
“ Writing code in your terminal shouldn’t feel like 1978. Edit your commands like in a modern code editor with selections, cursor positioning, and completion menus.”

That sounds a bit ageist :) also - can command editing integrate with my editor of choice? I don’t want to have to learn how to use another editor - I already know my way around bash keyboard shortcuts, having to learn a third thing sounds like a step backwards.

Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

#713

This is neat, but I'm not convinced it's going in the right direction. It's not open source, and "maybe it will eventually be" is unacceptable for such a core component of an engineer's workflow. Most of the features on the front page are "coming soon," not actually available. There's no timeline for support for non-Mac OS systems, and it's built using Metal rather than any cross-platform API, so it will be at least…

What is Tuple?

Edit: After searching for variations of “terminal” “iterm” and “tuple”, of course it’s the top hit if you just search Mac and tuple! https://tuple.app/

Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

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Hi, Warp engineer here! Nothing against electron. We write this in the headline because people who see features like blocks or input editor automatically think "slow". So it's a succinct way to communicate that we have a snappy app. For benchmarks, we have some preliminary info in this tech blog https://www.warp.dev/blog/how-warp-works .

I understand that you want to promote the speed. I think the message could be more succinct without mentioning Electron and web.

Why? I hate Electron with passion, and being "no-Electron" was an insta-buy for me.

Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

#715

How to make me completely lose interest in a piece of software: Announce it as being Rust based as if that’s an important feature I should care about. At least it isn’t a blockchain terminal I guess

How to make me completely gain interest in a piece of software: Announce it as being Rust based as mitigating an entire class of memory issues is an important feature I do care about.

Although I agree with your blockchain view.

Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

#716
Like others here I'm probably not your target user being too wedded to the many features of bash/zsh/tmux and the speed of my existing terminal emulator. But it's great to see new ideas and thought put in the space. Congrats on the launch!

Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

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Or Kitty, which does more or less the same things but includes split and tabs and other convenience features.

Kitty is cool, I use it on debian, but it is not cross-platform. So I hesitate to compare it to alacritty.

Oh hell, you are right! I’m only using linux and OSX now, and it works on both, so I’d never considered it might not work on windows.

Re: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

#719

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I understand that you want to promote the speed. I think the message could be more succinct without mentioning Electron and web.

Why? I hate Electron with passion, and being "no-Electron" was an insta-buy for me.

Because criticising a technology to promote a product doesn’t sound attractive to me. You wouldn’t have tried it without the electron hate?
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