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Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by jacob-jackson »

solumunus wrote: post #68

I signed up for the free trial and downloaded the extension. All I'm getting is a blank command prompt window "sm-agent.exe" that opens when I open VS code. So yeh, it's just not working for me at all. Tried opening VS Code as admin and no difference. Any suggestions?

Sorry to hear that. I'm not sure what's causing this. Could you share your Windows and VS Code version to help us reproduce the issue?

sm-agent.exe is supposed to be started as a subprocess by the extension. It shouldn't be in its own window.

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by anonzzzies »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #67
anonzzzies wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a card with $0 on it for this purpose. Services count on you forgetting to cancel instead of you liking the product per se. If I like it I change the card, but most products I don’t so they bounce. Works well.

Aren't most payment systems making a $1 or $0.1 block/charge to confirm the card is real and has non-zero balance? At least that is my experience as an European user, whenever I try to subscribe to anything that came out of the US.

They usually just do an auth request. But otherwise I put $1 just for that case. As long as the balance is normally $0.

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by falleng0d »

jacob-jackson wrote: post #71
solumunus wrote: post #68

I signed up for the free trial and downloaded the extension. All I'm getting is a blank command prompt window "sm-agent.exe" that opens when I open VS code. So yeh, it's just not working for me at all. Tried opening VS Code as admin and no difference. Any suggestions?

Sorry to hear that. I'm not sure what's causing this. Could you share your Windows and VS Code version to help us reproduce the issue? sm-agent.exe is supposed to be started as a subprocess by the extension. It shouldn't be in its own window.

It is working for me but I always see a window for sm-agent.exe. W10 22H2 VS Code 1.86.2

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by falleng0d »

mostlysimilar wrote: post #28
avidphantasm wrote: post #19

If you don’t like writing code, find a different line of work.

I really must be missing something with all of these tools writing code for you. Shipping my entire codebase off to some unknown party does not seem like a worthwhile tradeoff for not having to write my own indentation function or whatever.

You are really missing it. It's more about preventing RSI by getting the boilerplate writing out of the way than having the tool do the actual work for you.

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by carstenhag »

earthnail wrote: post #26
bugbuddy wrote: post #22

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Wow, that’s the same experience that I havr trying to use any app on the iOS App Store. Download, use one basic feature, use a second feature? Nope sign up first. Ok, signed up. Ok now? Nope, that feature requires a subscription. It is very sneaky because the app does not need to show in-app purchase on the App Store info. I have given up on Apps now because of this.

App developer here. Sadly, it’s what works. Put differently: when users browse for apps, it’s usually when their need for sth that solves the problem is relatively high. Which means you have a much higher chance of converting that user right now during onboarding than anytime later in the lifecycle of your app. I wish Apple properly displayed prices though instead of this sneaky vague “contains in-app purchases” text…

They do display prices of in-app-purchases last I know, somewhere in the app listing

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by Guthur »

cortesoft wrote: post #45
FpUser wrote: post #32

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>"when users browse for apps, it’s usually when their need for sth that solves the problem is relatively high. Which means you have a much higher chance of converting that user right now during onboarding than anytime later in the lifecycle of your app." I can't argue with this in general as I do not have the statistics. Personally however I just never give CC info unless I tried the thing and found out that it does…

So do you just end up with a lot of unsolved problems? I get the principal, but does it end up hurting you in practice? Or do you end up solving the problem with a free tool? If so, I guess the product wasn’t really needed.

None of them are really needed, we have survived for thousands of years without phones and computers.

Food is a problem i must solve, clicking on some cow clicker or whatever was never a problem until we made it one.

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by happymellon »

aaomidi wrote: post #41
FpUser wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>"when users browse for apps, it’s usually when their need for sth that solves the problem is relatively high. Which means you have a much higher chance of converting that user right now during onboarding than anytime later in the lifecycle of your app." I can't argue with this in general as I do not have the statistics. Personally however I just never give CC info unless I tried the thing and found out that it does…

Well good thing is you don’t need to on Apple. Just get the free trial and cancel immediately?

You can IAP and cancel?

Not a workflow I've tried.

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by leereeves »

tbrownaw wrote: post #53
leereeves wrote: post #36

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An LLM is not the same thing as a human mind and does not automatically receive the same exception to copyrights. Whatever you think makes sense, it would be wise to be careful, because the law might not turn out to be what you want it to be.

What exception?

Perhaps it's overly technical or even pedantic, but in light of arguments like "AI is just doing the same thing humans do", I think we should admit it:

Yes, we are making a copy in our minds when we read something.

I suspect such copies are allowed (as an exception to copyright law) mostly because lawyers and judges don't think about it. Nonetheless, once we do think about it, the law isn't required to treat humans and LLMs in the same way, or allow LLMs to do something simply because humans are allowed to do something similar.

Re: Show HN: Supermaven, the first code completion tool with 300k token context

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Post by _andrei_ »

jacob-jackson wrote: post #20
a2128 wrote: post #18

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Your privacy policy[0] doesn't seem to mention any of this. How is the data being used? I'm not very certain about inputting my data into any tool that uploads to cloud and there's no valid privacy policy [0] https://supermaven.com/privacy-policy

We should update the site to be clearer about this. There is a 7-day data retention limit listed in https://supermaven.com/pricing .

Please clarify what the data is used for.
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