Show HN: TabNine, an autocompleter for all languages

Post by asdkhadsj » Wed, Nov 07, 2018, 1:35 PM UTC

king_phil wrote: post #146

asdkhadsj wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also a very competitive price. $29 is excellent for a piece of software that helps my day to day. It's really a sweet spot between very reasonable, and a bit pricey. I'm so happy about this project, and hope it works well (I'll be trying it tonight after work)

No craftsman of any kind would whine about a (good) tool that costs $29 and makes him more productive. I do not see why a progrommer should do that.

Post by eeZah7Ux » Wed, Nov 07, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

geoelectric wrote: post #123

fiatjaf wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's odd, because it could indeed exist without the Rust ecosystem. The author just opted to write it in Rust.

Think of it like "I couldn't have done it without you" when people accept awards. Sure they could have, it's just an expression of appreciation. He might also not have chased the project if he weren't working in an ecosystem he particularly liked, so who knows, maybe it wouldn't have happened without Rust.

Post by half0wl » Wed, Nov 07, 2018, 4:02 PM UTC

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).

Post by nickdandakis » Wed, Nov 07, 2018, 5:06 PM UTC

nickdandakis wrote: post #27

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 wi…

Post by jacob-jackson » Wed, Nov 07, 2018, 5:11 PM UTC

half0wl wrote: post #175

jacob-jackson wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

> Finally, TabNine will work correctly if you deny it network access (say, by blacklisting update.tabnine.com). Just to clarify - would it still work if I deny network acess for the TabNine binary, _after_ validating my license key? Or is the key validation invoked on every launch (hence requiring network access)?