What is the business model? Is this going to be a paid tool when out of beta?
Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
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Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#102I am disappointed. I've been on your waiting list, you told us to watch for HN announcement, and it's still walled.
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#103This is cool, is the idea to eventually develop a full-blown terminal too? That seems where most of the value is to me, like you can't just make a 10x car by attaching stickers to an existing one, eventually you are going to need to redesign the whole thing, the same is probably true for terminals too.
Thanks so much!
Yes - we would love to build our own terminal one day. I agree, a first party experience will make Fig much better. We think a good terminal needs to be fast, cross platform, customisable, and extendable (this is easier said than done).
That said, one day we hope to build team-based tools too. Developers like to choose their tools - we would love to make Fig work, even if you weren't using a Fig terminal. We likely will also do the hard work of integrating with the existing terminals. You choose your tools and Fig is an integration on top.
If you're interested, here are some of the things we plan on expanding into. https://fig.io/videos/old-sizzle-reel.mp4
Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#104Nice website, but I wouldn't switch to this from Fish/Zsh on account of: 1. Cannot identify any killer features above what I already have with forever free tools with much larger support communities. 2. Less trust in you as a YC startup. What if you fail? What if you sell out? 3. Requirement of email. 4. Telemetry and privacy concerns raised by others. 5. Not available for Linux, and I get the feeling that Linux woul…
You can stop at #1. Why do I need this when oh-my-zsh exists?
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#105This looks nice, but requiring an email during setup, with no explanation or discernible reason - and demanding a work email at that - seems very creepy.
This decision alone removes my trust in your product and your company, sorry.
Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#106I am disappointed. I've been on your waiting list, you told us to watch for HN announcement, and it's still walled.
Did you use this link: https://fig.io/hn ?
Let me know if you still can't get access. matt [at] fig.io
Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#107Nice website, but I wouldn't switch to this from Fish/Zsh on account of: 1. Cannot identify any killer features above what I already have with forever free tools with much larger support communities. 2. Less trust in you as a YC startup. What if you fail? What if you sell out? 3. Requirement of email. 4. Telemetry and privacy concerns raised by others. 5. Not available for Linux, and I get the feeling that Linux woul…
Point 2 is how I feel these days. It's hard to trust any low-level (installable) dev tools supported by VCs. Personally, that hard to trust is also moving up the stack, maybe more so because of the increased attacks on the software supply chain vendors (i.e. CodeCov, SolarWinds)
> maybe more so because of the increased attacks on the software supply chain vendors
I'm intrigued by this but not 100% sure I follow. Is the implication that VC-backed startups are more likely to suffer from a supply-chain attack, or just more general reluctance to incorporate any new tech into the stack as it increases the attack surface area?
Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#108Nice onboarding but I don't like the email requirement.
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#109I 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...
For 'dangerous' commands, Fig requires you to press enter twice - once to select suggestion and insert it into the terminal and then again to execute it!
Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
$ /home/throwawaybutwhy/miscellanea/world_domination_plan_no_1.sh --help You will see my login name, the structure of my folders and my intent to take over the world. Kinda sensitive, it seems.
haha :) We actually send the name of the completion spec rather the initial token. In this case, it would be "dotslash".