Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list) • Hacker News Board

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by PragmaticPulp » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

FYI, this appears to be a startup launching an e-mail signup for a product that isn't available yet. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's worth noting up front. There is no download link and the GitHub link goes to an issues-only repo with no code.

There are several fast Rust-based, GPU-accelerated terminal projects that are open source and under active development:

Alacritty: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty

Wezterm: https://github.com/wez/wezterm

Fig ( https://fig.io/ ) isn't Rust, but it's worth noting as a YC-backed competitor terminal product that has autocomplete similar to Warp.dev. Their website is eerily similar to warp.dev 's website, to the point where I can't help but imagine one was the inspiration for the other.

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by barbazoo » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

Somehow it feels odd that an implementation detail like the programming language it's implemented in is so prominent in the project's description. I have no idea what bash is written in and frankly I don't care much about it. It's a tool that enables me do be more productive. Could it be faster? Probably, but does anyone even notice that in the context of all the other things that we do _with_ it?

Are there any benefits I'm missing that come from it being implemented in Rust?

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by c54 » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

This is cool! I especially like the help functionality for various flags.

How does this handle really long outputs like with [tail -f], or pagers like [less]?

Also, does opening up vim “just work”?

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by fundamental » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:55 PM UTC

A terminal requiring a privacy policy? I'll stick to simpler tools even if that means missing an occasional quality of life feature.

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by JeremyHerrman » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

Warp looks great, but what do I do next? Where's the call to action?

There is no download link, no "sign-up to hear more". With all of the thought and polish that went into this I'm surprised to see the ball dropped at the most important step!

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by dralley » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

The logo is quite similar to the Scroll logo.

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by donio » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

Who cares that it's Rust if it's closed source?

Also:

"All cloud features are opt-in. Data is encrypted at rest."

The fact that this even needs to be stated makes it a hard no, especially for a terminal emulator.

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by sezna » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:59 PM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #22

Somehow it feels odd that an implementation detail like the programming language it's implemented in is so prominent in the project's description. I have no idea what bash is written in and frankly I don't care much about it. It's a tool that enables me do be more productive. Could it be faster? Probably, but does anyone even notice that in the context of all the other things that we do _with_ it? Are there any benef…

Rust is an active and growing community, and there are a lot of software engineers here who are interested in how the sausage is made. I can think of two solid reasons I like to know when something is written in Rust:

1) This is a new codebase that we can study and contribute to. Knowing it is in Rust is relevant, so us Rust people know if we are able to dig into it.

2) Rust makes some guarantees about the properties of programs written in it. These guarantees are of interest to some, to the point where many have adopted Rust versions of common utilities (ls/exa, grep/ripgrep, etc.).

edit: just saw it is closed source. Bit of a bummer, and nullifies my points to a certain extent. But I will leave them up since I think they apply to other projects that are more open.

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by jacobmischka » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 4:59 PM UTC

The UI seems interesting, and I'm a sucker for RIIR, but why do terminal emulators keep trying to use "blazingly fast" as a feature? They're all fast (except the hideous electron ones), they're white text on black rectangles.

Re: Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

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Post by ericol » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #22

Somehow it feels odd that an implementation detail like the programming language it's implemented in is so prominent in the project's description. I have no idea what bash is written in and frankly I don't care much about it. It's a tool that enables me do be more productive. Could it be faster? Probably, but does anyone even notice that in the context of all the other things that we do _with_ it? Are there any benef…

Rust seems to be all the rages these days (Specially here in HN). Besides that, most of the post on Rust also have the word fast in it (Or a similar word related to the speed of the software).