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Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

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Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#11

Post by ellieh »

mpalmer wrote: post #10

I was already turned off by their decision to remove support for fzf, which I use everywhere else. I'm done.

I’m not sure what you mean here - we never supported fzf, other than a super early prototype in like 2021

This release actually adds support for nucleo, which matches with the same algorithm as fzf and was a common request

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#14

Post by Bnjoroge »

lta wrote: post #5

Why does every tool on the face of earth try to add AI features ? Good tools are simple and orthogonal. If you want AI, there's already plenty of other tools doing it probably better. I'm overall fairly disappointed by this announcement. This IMHO doesn't bode well

It’s fine - I like the introduction of AI. It’s optional - if you don’t want it, turn it off or don’t use it

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#15

Post by arcadianalpaca »

duskdozer wrote: post #12

I was really pleased finding this last year, but I guess it's time to look for an alternative. I don't get why everything has to have AI shoved into it

Right, though looking at the release notes it seems like the AI part at least is opt-in... for now.

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#16

Post by evandrofisico »

ellieh wrote: post #11
mpalmer wrote: post #10

I was already turned off by their decision to remove support for fzf, which I use everywhere else. I'm done.

I’m not sure what you mean here - we never supported fzf, other than a super early prototype in like 2021 This release actually adds support for nucleo, which matches with the same algorithm as fzf and was a common request

About the "ai", the announcement is very vague. Is this incorporating a local model on device, something running on your infrastructure or a third party model like Claude? Because to me nowadays adding AI on anything usually means higher running costs equals sooner or latter enshittification.

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#17

Post by h4ch1 »

GardenLetter27 wrote: post #2

Atuin is great. This, fish, LazyGit, and zellij are mandatory for me now.

what does zellij offer that tmux doesn't?

I love tmux and haven't had a reason to switch for a while, but have heard these new Rust based terminal tooling get really popular.

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#18

Post by evandrofisico »

colesantiago wrote: post #9

As soon as a tool adds pricing, price increases or adds AI that's when it begins to be enshittified. Why does this happen mostly?

Yep, out of precaution i've never used their sync infrastructure, which I guess was reasonably cheap to run, but the moment you add LLMs to the mix it is obvious that they are in for the free VC money and are soon going to need a lot of investment to keep the lights on.

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#19

Post by duskdozer »

arcadianalpaca wrote: post #15
duskdozer wrote: post #12

I was really pleased finding this last year, but I guess it's time to look for an alternative. I don't get why everything has to have AI shoved into it

Right, though looking at the release notes it seems like the AI part at least is opt-in... for now.

For now. But looking at the repo, they're already having commits done by claude.

Re: Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell

#20

Post by mpalmer »

ellieh wrote: post #11
mpalmer wrote: post #10

I was already turned off by their decision to remove support for fzf, which I use everywhere else. I'm done.

I’m not sure what you mean here - we never supported fzf, other than a super early prototype in like 2021 This release actually adds support for nucleo, which matches with the same algorithm as fzf and was a common request

Hey, thanks for responding. I guess I used the prototype then. Definitely don't remember anyone saying "this is a prototype" at the time, so I took the product at face value, and part of the reason I chose it was the fzf support.

I'm sure I recall some unhappy GitHub issues about the shift away...

And the algorithm isn't the value prop for me, not by a long shot. fzf's customizability takes the cake. And now the overall product is way too big and feature-ful for me. I want simple, unix-y software that clicks together like Lego.

You should be proud of the project's success for sure, it's just not for me!

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