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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

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Post by mschrage »

dannyw wrote: post #53
billiam wrote: post #33

Can I pay you money for this awesome product so I don't feel bad about opting out of your telemetry? What's fair? I think a lot of us would do this voluntarily. Your privacy disclosure is great--I just don't want to be the product on principle.

You shouldn't feel bad for opting out of telemetry!

We just want people using Fig and enjoying it! That's our top priority. Don't feel bad at all about opting out of telemetry :)

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

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Post by mschrage »

momento wrote: post #21
d--b wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry didn't see that. On a side note: I deleted the app when it asked me for my email. Good luck.

Personally I am not a huge fan of asking for an email address at the end of a installation process. I find it disingenuous as it makes users feel as if they're being offered something "for free" only to pull a "gotcha" after I gone through a lot of steps to reach the end of the installation process. I feel it's far more candid to place the email gathering step at the start of the process so I know "okay, these guys a…

This makes sense. Thank you for the feedback! :)

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

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Post by yogevyuval »

brendanfalk wrote: post #50
gtf21 wrote: post #24

I don't really understand what's so different from the ZSH completions which I already have in my terminal but with no data leaving my machine?

Traditional shell completions are quite difficult to make. Many CLI tools have completions for subcommands and options, but not for arguments. Only the big CLI tools like `git` and `docker` have arguments completions (e.g. git push [remote] [branch]`. Fig's declarative schema makes building the completions for subcommands, options and arguments very easy. This means we can support much more powerful autocomplete for…

What exactly do you mean by even when in SSH or docker?

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

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Post by bredren »

vhanda wrote: 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…

If this is a real concern, I recommend Little Snitch or similar. Many apps do not offer any way to turn off various pings.

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

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Post by brendanfalk »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #47

Any plan to support vscode terminal? Also, this experience really is great. Without knowing anything I was able to disable the "Menubar Icon" simply by guessing commands. And to try for any constructive feedback, I personally don't like logo at all. It doesn't seem to make sense to me and is the reason for hiding the icon in the first place. Feels like a window management icon like this: https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/…

Glad you are liking it!

VSCode terminal should be supported out of the box. Go to ◧ > Settings and make sure the VSCode Integration is ticked. (You may also have to restart VSCode.)

re Fig's icon: haha yes we could definitely do with a new icon. Our previous icon was an emoji pear (yes a pear, not a Fig) so at least our current one is a step up from that! We take the feedback on board and will investigate some new logo designs

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

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Post by yur3i__ »

brendanfalk wrote: post #29
vhanda wrote: 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

Telemetry by default in terminal autocompletion is a pretty big turnoff for me, even if it can be disabled
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