This is fantastic news. Especially the way they are structuring the equity payout.
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
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#72I wonder if we'll ever stop to ask ourselves if faster and faster output of software is actually a good thing for the world. Or will we just continue because it's just what we do nowadays in civilization to get ahead?
I think so but not for the reason that you think. See, most closed source software really just pisses me off of ideological reasons, I just like to tinker with things and just having the possibility to do so by being provided the source code really helps my mind feel happy I guess. So I "vibe coded" a game that I used to play and some projects that I was curious about and I just wanted to tinker too. sure the game an…
> that senior devs are extremely in demand
Is this true? I am not seeing salaries rising, the demand seems to be met. But maybe I'm wrong.
Re: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
#73I was a bit confused as to what "Cognition" was, but they're the makers of Devin (edit: that just got added to the title, for reference), so that makes sense. Just buying the competition, the only surprise is they had more money to spend than the big ones.
kind of funny that no one seems to know them by name, only by the infamously panned reception of their main product
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's safe to say don't use Windsurf. There are so many other options.
Unfortunately this seems to be true. I like Windsurf, but these days I just use it as a harness for running Claude Code while still retaining decent code completions.
Try Gemini CLI too. Free and I like it more than Claude Code.
Re: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
#76Will the remaining employees not bought out and brought over to Microsoft get a windfall in this deal even if they’re stakes haven’t vested?
Re: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
#77I was a bit confused as to what "Cognition" was, but they're the makers of Devin (edit: that just got added to the title, for reference), so that makes sense. Just buying the competition, the only surprise is they had more money to spend than the big ones.
kind of funny that no one seems to know them by name, only by the infamously panned reception of their main product
One benefit of separating your brands from your company is you can try again without the stigma of your failures :)
Re: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
#78Let this be a learning lesson in judging these deals based on partial information. Kudos to the Google, Windsurf, and Cognition teams for keeping all of these deals under wraps until announcement (OpenAI could learn something...), but even so it's likely that we the public will never learn every detail of what transpired. I've seen a lot of harsh, misguided takes over the past few days, like that the Windsurf founder…
> I've seen a lot of harsh, misguided takes over the past few days, like that the Windsurf founders screwed over their employees [...] In this case, this seems like a happy ending for all parties involved There is no evidence at all in the announcement that is the case. It just says "100% of Windsurf employees will participate financially in this deal". What "participate financially" looks like is not elaborated upon…
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Re: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
#79Isn't Devin AI basically a scam, selling an "AI Software Engineer" when no such thing exists.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately this seems to be true. I like Windsurf, but these days I just use it as a harness for running Claude Code while still retaining decent code completions.
Try Gemini CLI too. Free and I like it more than Claude Code.
How do you do the nice line-by-line (or section-by-section) before/after handling in a CLI tool?