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Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by asdkhadsj »

jacob-jackson wrote: post #18
itdaniher wrote: post #14

> your software will automatically update to the full released version at no additional charge. So, give your proprietary software both network access and access to all my source code? I have very few complaints about the Jedi autocomplete library, which is neither proprietary nor requires network access. I welcome innovation in dev tools, but I wish you had found a monetization strategy that didn't require us to tru…

Your concerns are understandable. It is about as risky as installing an editor plugin which updates automatically. The private keys used to sign releases are kept offline and would not be available to an attacker even if they compromised my online accounts. Finally, TabNine will work correctly if you deny it network access (say, by blacklisting update.tabnine.com).

Wait, is the auto-update all that's needed for network? I assumed it was license validation or something. If it's just updating, couldn't you provide a different method of updating like manual update checking, and then peoples concerns would be solved?

Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by ajhofmann »

I've been using TabNine for a few weeks, and it's really cool how well it works. My first "woah" moment with it was writing a function where the first thing I wanted to do was take the length of the array, and once I started typing

def foo(bar):

    n
it suggested the entire completion of "= len(bar)". It has a really cool way of picking up your coding style that makes it stand out to me.

Full disclosure that I know the author.

Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by ajhofmann »

wasd wrote: post #24

How does TabNine work for all languages? Curious about implementation details and use with dynamic languages. I would HAPPILY pay $29 if it works well for Ruby.

I've been using it for Python mainly but I find it's really helpful. It can often infer arguments for functions or functions to use based on the variable names. I've used Ruby lots in the past and I think it would work just as well based on my experience. I would give the free version a try and see what you think.

Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by nickdandakis »

First impression is that this is insanely fast and is actually giving recommendations based on context, without setting up additional files. So, it's doing exactly as advertised.

I'm using this in Vim and would like to know if there's a way to configure it such that the dropdown does not show up until I hit or ? I realize that this is supposed to be a zero-config tool, and I'm asking for a configuration!

Great job with pricing as well. Going to use this for a week before I commit to the license but $29 is a no-brainer for how much use I'll get out of this autocomplete.

Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by itdaniher »

jacob-jackson wrote: post #18
itdaniher wrote: post #14

> your software will automatically update to the full released version at no additional charge. So, give your proprietary software both network access and access to all my source code? I have very few complaints about the Jedi autocomplete library, which is neither proprietary nor requires network access. I welcome innovation in dev tools, but I wish you had found a monetization strategy that didn't require us to tru…

Your concerns are understandable. It is about as risky as installing an editor plugin which updates automatically. The private keys used to sign releases are kept offline and would not be available to an attacker even if they compromised my online accounts. Finally, TabNine will work correctly if you deny it network access (say, by blacklisting update.tabnine.com).

...as risky as installing a proprietary editor plugin which updates automatically, yes.

Also, AFAIK most understandings of MIT, BSD, and Apache 2.0 licenses require you to acknowledge the copyright holders of the source code you compile into your binary, even if the licenses permit binary distribution. I can't find your "Copyright (c) 2018 Tokio Contributors" or "Copyright (c) 2014 The Rust Project Developers" that I'd expect based on `strings TabNine | grep github`. Maybe you've got a lawyer that suggests otherwise? Your plea of "trust me, I have good hygiene" carries less weight when I have to `strings` your stuff to know what shoulders of which giants you're standing on.

Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by dharmab »

jacob-jackson wrote: post #18
itdaniher wrote: post #14

> your software will automatically update to the full released version at no additional charge. So, give your proprietary software both network access and access to all my source code? I have very few complaints about the Jedi autocomplete library, which is neither proprietary nor requires network access. I welcome innovation in dev tools, but I wish you had found a monetization strategy that didn't require us to tru…

Your concerns are understandable. It is about as risky as installing an editor plugin which updates automatically. The private keys used to sign releases are kept offline and would not be available to an attacker even if they compromised my online accounts. Finally, TabNine will work correctly if you deny it network access (say, by blacklisting update.tabnine.com).

Does the Vim version autoupdate? I'd rather it wait for me to run my plugin manager- I specifically don't want anything on my machine to update when I'm on-call or traveling.

Re: Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

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Post by imh »

I wish someone would figure out the right UX for partial autocompletion. e.g. I type "wo" and my phone suggests ("would", "work", "wonder"), there should be an easy way to say I'm trying to type "working" rather than clicking the "work" autocomplete then backspace, then "ing".

I'd imaging TabNine has this problem in spades, since it does such long autocompletes. It could suggest "unsigned long long" when I've typed "unsi" and I really want "unsigned long int". Seems like a tough UX problem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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