You sold me within 30 seconds of downloading. Yes, I know there are options out there for enabling autocomplete in my terminal, but I have no time to futz around with that stuff, and it still doesn't work when I ssh into a new server, while this is really, really easy to setup and "just works" everywhere. Spent 60 seconds installing, and I can easily see the immediate ROI shaving off several brain cycles every day as I spend a few hours in the terminal.
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#172I 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?
People who can configure their shells are not their target audience.
For once, if you walk into any research center or academic environment and look over the shoulders of people who have to code or use a terminal because they have no other option, you would see that the vast majority know little beyond cd and ls. I wouldn't be surprised some would pay for directory completion alone.
Can those who know what zsh mean do a better job with existing tools or custom made scripts? 100%, but that doesn't matter.
Beyond that, you can level up even further by firing up Emacs and never again needing a terminal for things that require completion.
Re: Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
#173You sold me within 30 seconds of downloading. Yes, I know there are options out there for enabling autocomplete in my terminal, but I have no time to futz around with that stuff, and it still doesn't work when I ssh into a new server, while this is really, really easy to setup and "just works" everywhere. Spent 60 seconds installing, and I can easily see the immediate ROI shaving off several brain cycles every day as…
That's awesome to hear! Glad that everything is working!
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#175Looks really cool, but I would always use zsh-auto-complete. Maybe your market is for people that prefer GUI's over terminal, but like terminal power, or the newer generation of coders who went to code school and are not the older school terminal in the weeds people (sorry for a generalization)
> Looks really cool, but I would always use zsh-auto-complete.
Thanks for this feedback. Would love to dig in a little more here. What is it about Fig that turns you off? Is it the idea of having a GUI in the terminal?
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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. Dovetailing on these... Like why is a CLI tool VC backed? Is the business model just selling our data? Is the VC backing for another product and the CLI tool is just a PR thing?
Just adding, from their website: > Investors: 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. The fact that a CLI tool raised millions of dollars while also being basically powered by open-source contributions is also…
Eh money is trying to park itself somewhere.
Maybe the founders sold this as a way to get dev telemetry data + a subscription.
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#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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. Dovetailing on these... Like why is a CLI tool VC backed? Is the business model just selling our data? Is the VC backing for another product and the CLI tool is just a PR thing?
Just adding, from their website: > Investors: 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. The fact that a CLI tool raised millions of dollars while also being basically powered by open-source contributions is also…
WTF indeed.
There has to be some grand vision behind this, presumably large-scale data capture. At the end of the day, the terminal is is to the dev what Google is to the internet user: the point of entry where many journeys begin, with dozens or hundreds of interactions every day. And while devs are a niche market compared to Google's userbase, they are a lucrative and strategic one nonetheless.
Casting aside the environment of low-interest rates and massive inflow of investment in startups, how does a product like this otherwise raise several millions? The pitch sounds like something that a competent indie dev studio could sell on the Mac App Store...
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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. Dovetailing on these... Like why is a CLI tool VC backed? Is the business model just selling our data? Is the VC backing for another product and the CLI tool is just a PR thing?
Just adding, from their website: > Investors: 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. The fact that a CLI tool raised millions of dollars while also being basically powered by open-source contributions is also…
I just wanted be a fly on the wall when Fig founders were pitching to these investors on how they are gonna make money.
Can NOT this tool say to my employer - How many times I compile my code in a day ?
When I get a compilation error - how quickly it gets to compiling state again ?
Was the compilation error a trivial mistake ?
How much time is spent between each commands ?
How productive I am keying in command one after another ?
Also can NOT Fig figure out current apps Im running on my machine ?
What is the current app in foreground ?
How long I run each app ?
When I log off ?
How many times I log off ?
It is getting interesting! Can anybody help with more usecases.
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
You summarized my exact feelings about it, especially #1, 4, and 5. I get the feeling that the team hasn't done their homework on potential users and existing solutions.
No, I think it's incumbent on us developers to be more willing to pay for things. We know now that free doesn't really work.
Virtually the entirety of my desktop stack and dev tools are OSS. Can you clarify what you mean by "does not work" here?
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#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just adding, from their website: > Investors: 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. The fact that a CLI tool raised millions of dollars while also being basically powered by open-source contributions is also…
Eh money is trying to park itself somewhere. Maybe the founders sold this as a way to get dev telemetry data + a subscription.
Yeah but if there's dev telemetry involved it's a no-go from me. Definitely a no-go, the terminal is sensitive.