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Then I looked at git-completion.bash [1] and suddenly all my motivation vanished. Maybe Fig found a more declarative way of describing a tool's syntax?
[1] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/gi...
Please support actual open source projects. The money here will just go to VCs pockets
I detest that it has become normalized to grant tech companies access to personal data with only limp promises that it won't be misused. If you give Fig permissions to look at what you are typing into the terminal, you should be prepared for them to look at what you are typing into the terminal and use it how it best serves them . They're asking for more permissions than that of course. Imagine giving FedEx a copy of…
But the world moved on without us.
Lets be honest: For 99.9% of users, no misuse ever happens which they care about.
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> The fact that a CLI tool raised millions of dollars while also being basically powered by open-source contributions is also kind of a wtf moment to me, but what do I know. There's probably more money than people know what to do with. So they might be investing in completely crazy ideas hoping that the founders figure it out along the way.
> There's probably more money than people know what to do with. Not really, in the bay area engineers make $150K-500K/year (closer to the $150K end for startups) and office space costs upwards of $200K-300K/year.
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> 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?
> Is the VC backing for another product and the CLI tool is just a PR thing? Autocomplete is our first product. The bigger vision that Fig can enable an ecosystem of terminal extensions. Here are some early prototypes we built [0] and here is the discussion from when we were posted on HN last summer [1]. > Is the business model just selling our data? We will never sell data. That just isn't the business we want to bu…
You can start by allowing to download the app without asking for email.
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?
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 d…
If they use their institution's infrastructure, it's managed by the dedicated system admins. No way they're going to allow this tool to be installed.
I detest that it has become normalized to grant tech companies access to personal data with only limp promises that it won't be misused. If you give Fig permissions to look at what you are typing into the terminal, you should be prepared for them to look at what you are typing into the terminal and use it how it best serves them . They're asking for more permissions than that of course. Imagine giving FedEx a copy of…
Is there another way to achieve what the product tries to do? Genuinely asking.