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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 pclark »

12ian34 wrote: post #80

Nice 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…

#2 is really quite absurd - especially here of all places - how do you decide if a product or service will never "sell out"?

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

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Post by brendanfalk »

swyx wrote: post #52

sounds awesome, but seems very dependent on the app? for example I use hyper.is as my terminal, I've installed Fig but it doesnt seem to work? does this app only work on the default mac terminal?

Our server also crashed when we first posted this.

Try running `fig update` in your terminal. This will download the most up to date version of Fig's completion specs

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

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Post by mschrage »

gtf21 wrote: post #117
brendanfalk wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

So wouldn't a better solution be to make a nicer DSL for describing shell completions which is then translated into zsh, fish, etc. completions? Agree RE bash but at some point doesn't one just use the tool with the featureset one wants?

That's how we think about the completion spec standard. It essentially is a type-safe DSL that describes the structure of CLI tools.

It should be pretty easy to 'compile' a Fig completion spec down to zsh, fish, or bash. This is actually something I've been meaning to write!

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

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Post by kokanee »

brendanfalk wrote: post #59
brainfish wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I hear you and I agree. This is a huge oversight on our part and we will make the disableTelemetry command turn off all telemetry. This will come out in our next build

Nice! Good call. These HN posts can bring a lot of heat but it comes with extremely valuable feedback like this. For me it's too late; I've now seen that you need to be caught in the act before you'll do the right thing -- but for folks who didn't see this you'll be much better off going forward.

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

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Post by nerdponx »

12ian34 wrote: post #80

Nice 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…

#1 I do not agree with. This is a great idea for a tool, and I am willing to pay for it. This is an extension to my terminal and a useful adjunct to my shell, not a replacement for either.

#5, maybe but that's fine. Lots of things are Mac-only or Linux-only. It's a proof of concept. Moreover they appear to be working on some kind of standard specification for completion meta-data, which other tools can start to adopt and use if it turns out to be a useful spec.

#2-4, it's open source (at least it looks like it's open source from the website). If the startup sells out, the project can be forked.

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

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Post by da39a3ee »

Hi, you are a private company, so people will wonder what the "catch" is. I think your website should make this immediately clear and explicit (even if you don't know your future business model, you should just say that.) This is such an obvious question that it comes across as a bit dishonest to omit it. As an audience, terminal-loving programmers are a group that will swallow a commercial product only if it is being completely transparent.

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

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Post by nerdponx »

colonelpopcorn wrote: post #104
12ian34 wrote: post #80

Nice 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?

They are totally different things. This is like asking why you need a computer at home when you already get the newspaper delivered every morning.

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

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Post by ggregoire »

fmakunbound wrote: post #112

How do you make a company out of this?

From their jobs page [1]:

"We've raised several million dollars from amazing VCs like General Catalyst and Kleiner Perkins, and angels like Jason Warner, Adam Gross, Olivier Pomel, Scott Belsky, Will Gaybrick and a handful of other impressive dev tool founders and executives."

[1] https://boards.greenhouse.io/fig

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