Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
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Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#2How about an original and distinguishable name?
Then again, what did I expect from a company named cursor.
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#3Hi all, my name is Tomas. I am one of the developers on Origin, and I was one of the founders of Graphite (https://graphite.com).
Happy to answer any questions about Origin or source control in general!
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#4Let's see how strong GitHub's network effect really is.
While the real solution is to actually self-host as I said before [0], it is worth testing to see how much can GitHub's users tolerate the endless outages and unreliability and where they go next.
We'll see if they want Cursor Origin or the declining GitHub.
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#5is there a way to browse a repository on origin without a cursor account? are all repos private? how is this a github alternative if so?
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#6How about an original and distinguishable name? Then again, what did I expect from a company named cursor.
This is a great name! It ties back to git nicely (git pull origin/main), and sounds human.
Cursor was also a great name given that it evolved into an advanced AI assisted auto complete. I think their team does a solid job with naming.
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#7is there a way to browse a repository on origin without a cursor account? are all repos private? how is this a github alternative if so?
Currently Origin repositories are private to members of a Cursor team. Over time we plan to expand access, but wanted to start with a limited beta of the underlying git tech.
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#8How about an original and distinguishable name? Then again, what did I expect from a company named cursor.
This is a great name! It ties back to git nicely (git pull origin/main), and sounds human. Cursor was also a great name given that it evolved into an advanced AI assisted auto complete. I think their team does a solid job with naming.
Then google the names and look what comes up.
Without additional search terms you get the wrong results.
A word that is already used in computer is a bad name.
And with AI it won’t get better. Ambiguity is a source of confusion and mistakes.
By your logic pull/push/main are also great names.
One main purpose of a name is distinguishability.
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#9Hi all, my name is Tomas. I am one of the developers on Origin, and I was one of the founders of Graphite ( https://graphite.com ). Happy to answer any questions about Origin or source control in general!
What I don't understand from the blog post is what's different in this offering than github - is it just the agentic tie ins where I can ask my agent to make changes while browsing the PR?
Are there any fundamental differences, ie ways of working that solve the worktrees problem?
Re: Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
#10I do wonder if calling this "Origin" is going to result in semantic misinterpretations by LLMs. Ie saying,
> "hey can you push to origin main?"
now has two separate meanings.
A LLM may inadvertently push your code to a new provider without you knowing. It's walking a thin line between genius-growth-move and domain typosquatting.