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Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by meowface »

pydry wrote: post #393
meowface wrote: post #368

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I know Google is quick to shut things down but these ultra-cynical ultra-skeptical HN takes are so tiresome at this point.

This is what Google is like though. It is practically part of their corporate DNA.

I do not believe that Google Antigravity is aimed at wooing investors. I believe it is intended to be a genuine superior alternative to Cursor and Kiro etc. and is attempting to provide the best AI coding experience for the average developer.

Most of the other people (so far) in this sub-thread do not think this. They essentially have a conspiratorial view on it.

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by kvirani »

auspiv wrote: post #488
sorokod wrote: post #435

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"junior developers" is a convenient label, it is incorrect but it will take a bit until we come up something that describes entities that: - can write code - tireless - have no aspirations - have no stylistic or architectural preferences - have massive, but at the same time not well defined, body of knowledge - have no intrinsic memories of past interactions. - change in unexpected ways when underlying models change…

I describe them in the claude training I'm doing for my company as: super smart, infinitely patient, overeager interns

Sometimes smart sometimes the opposite, though. Perhaps due to memory loss.

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by legedemon »

chermi wrote: post #524
throwaway13337 wrote: post #439

I gave it a fair shot. It is a vs code fork. There were some UI glitches. Some usability was better. Cursor has some real annoying usability issues - like their previous/next code change never going away and no way to disable it. Design of this one looks more polished and less muddy. I was working on a project and just continued with it. It was easy because they import setting from cursor. Feels like the browser wars…

Lol the second I saw the antigravity release I thought "there's no way I'm using that, they will kill it within a year". Looks like they're trying to kill it at birth.

Exactly my reaction. Every time I've used something from Google, it ends up dead in a few years. Life is too short to waste so many years learning something that is destined to die shortly

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by Thrymr »

jasonjmcghee wrote: post #12

Curious if the name is a reference to https://xkcd.com/353/ > Come join us! Programming is fun again! It's a whole new world up here!

I hope Google is at least acknowledging the origin of the name, even if they are not paying royalties to Randall Monroe.

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by gopher_space »

pjc50 wrote: post #483
vovavili wrote: post #465

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I wouldn't bet on an Electron app winning anything long-term in the dev-oriented space.

What other UI framework looks as good on Windows, Mac and Linux?

Godot looks ok and is surprisingly easy to work with.

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by switchbak »

AstroBen wrote: post #468
shermantanktop wrote: post #444

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- don't learn from what you tell them - don't have career growth that you can feel good about having contributed to - don't have a genuine interest in accomplishment or team goals - have no past and no future. When you change companies, they won't recognize you in the hall. - no ownership over results. If they make a mistake, they won't suffer.

Imagine having these complaints about a screwdriver It's a tool, not an intelligent being

Yeah, if my screwdriver undid the changes I just made to my mower, constantly ignored my desire to unscrew screws and instead punched a hole in my carb - I'd be throwing that screwdriver in the garbage.

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by mrits »

lm28469 wrote: post #537
lbrito wrote: post #416

The agentic spam is exhausting. I just wanted to code. Too early in my career to not give a shit and retire, but too late be excited about these things and eager to learn. What a time...

It's never too early to retire, there are plenty of other things to work on outside of tech

The robots have that covered

Re: Google Antigravity

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Post by verdverm »

koakuma-chan wrote: post #248
tnolet wrote: post #241

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After using Google AI studio, Google Vertex, and Google Gemini Chat I honestly can't wait to use Google Antigravity! edit: Also Jules... snark off: I think the Google PMs should have coffee together and see if all of this sprawl makes any sense.

It does? Google AI studio is their developer dashboard. Google Vertex is their equivalent of Amazon Bedrock. Google Gemini Chat is their ChatGPT app for normies. Google Antigravity is their Cursor equivalent.

Also gemini-cli (terrible)

Google ADK (agent development kit, awesome)

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