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Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

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Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#31

Can I use the autocomplete without the side bar on the side of my terminal?

Yes! Sidebar was a legacy feature. This is disabled by default for new users. We actually just removed the toggle to turn it on/off from our menu

Running `defaults write com.mschrage.fig sidebar hidden` should make it disappear.

Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#32
post #11

Absolutely stunning - I've often wondered myself about why the terminal doesn't behave like this already, it just makes sense . My only worry would be this is obviously so great it's only a matter of time before Apple/Microsoft see the light and build something similar into their OS - however hopefully this happens via acquisition rather than what happened to Flux, Watson and Duet.

There was this rather janky IDE for Powershell, way before VSCode even existed, called Powershell ISE, that had very similarly looking autocomplete behavior in it's terminal window.

Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#34

What does "Sensitive data is never tracked" mean? I can't find any more details, and is like to know exactly what on the terminal is considered non-sensitive?

We consider most things you type in your terminal to be "sensitive". Fig only ever tracks the root command for any completion you do. For instance, if you type `git push origin master` and complete on `master`, Fig will only ever see `git`

You can see our full privacy policy here: https://fig.io/privacy

Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#35
I find autocomplete for commands to be, sometimes, a little dangerous. I'd at least turn it off when root or sudo....

PowerShell does a good job with autocomplete on commands and options --if you're using PowerShell of course. Fortunately, it's cross platform.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/window...

Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#36
post #19

This seems really amazing. Please excuse my paranoia. Your privacy policy is very well written and easy to read. That's rare. However, Is there someway I can make Fig not send any data to anyone else? From what I understand, Fig does send telemetry information, but I'd like to be made aware of it before it asks me to give it "accessibility" powers. Also, while Fig may not send the data to anyone. Does this also cover…

Thanks! We do need to put in place a proper privacy policy. But we wanted to be transparent with how Fig uses your data (hence what we have currently). You can run `fig settings app.disableTelemetry true` to disable all telemetry except for one daily ping. You also make a good point: in our onboarding we should move our privacy information to before granting accessibility! We will make this more clear

I love your concept and wish to cheer you on, but this statement

> You can run `fig settings app.disableTelemetry true` to disable all telemetry except for one daily ping.

contains such a blatant lie (disableTelemetry does _not_ disable telemetry) that I've already lost a lot of trust, in an area I am not willing to play trust games. I hope you rethink this, soon and loudly.

Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#38
post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Serious question: why didn't you just give a fake or temporary email address? That's what I do all the time.

They go as far as asking to validate the email with a code... That plus the fact that they do send data to their servers for some reason...

I have a real fake email address for this. It's been compromised in a bunch of leaks, my real email address has never been. I also get way less spam in my real email.

Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

#40
Just tried this at university and interestingly all fig functionality is blocked when using the university's wifi, probably due to the proxies they have in place, while hot-spotting from my phone over 4g seems to work fine.

edit: after switching back to university wifi fig also worked fine, so it may be an issue with the wifi or there may be a need to refresh the network connection when trying to set everything up

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