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Re: Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

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Post by dang » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 4:13 PM UTC

Fischgericht wrote: post #53

I assume that someone has been mighty proud about the website. But I am sorry, it is terrible. Loading my "experience" took over a minute. An my "experience" is not even cached, it was loaded from scratch on the second visit. Also, while it looks visually stunning, it is really not helping much introducing the product. I find it rather confusing, really. The first thing I noticed - when you searched for "upcycling",…

Can you please make your substantive points without being a jerk on HN? That's particularly important when people are sharing their work. Putdowns are poisonous and unnecessary.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

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Post by collingreen » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 7:52 PM UTC

aabhay wrote: post #11

bangaladore wrote: post #5

Nitpick: Cursor for Files makes approximately zero sense to me given what I see here. Feedback: Supporting an enterprise air gapped solution of this clearly has huge value. It really doesn't matter where the data is stored if the indexing / embedding is happening on your infrastructure. Enterprises with compliance requirements are quite likely the types of clients looking for ways to save time searching through petab…

I think the phrase is apt, actually, but it's not perfect: 1. We have an embedded agent that can read, edit, organize, and take actions on your files. This means it can read almost any media type, which is why it's "cursor for files" even though "isn't _cursor_, cursor for files?". In other words, Cursor is "Poly for text" :) 2. We provide you with an "IDE", I.e. a file browser. However, unlike Cursor we actually bui…

You read their feedback, took nothing in, and told them why they are wrong.

Careful not to fall into the trap of believing your own marketing plan. Lots of founders out there sit around, frustrated at their slow growth, blaming the customers for just not getting the vision.

Feedback is a gift.

Re: Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

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Post by einsteinx2 » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 1:30 AM UTC

lumirth wrote: post #39

aabhay wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're adding that feature to be able to manually approve agentic actions! You can already revert things, as our file system is fully version controlled.

Genuine question: why is that a feature that you have to add, instead of something foundational? Most folks, I'd wager, are sloppy about backups, so a level of manual control and oversight seems vital!

Yeah that’s a massive red flag

Re: Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

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Post by nsonha » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 9:44 AM UTC

aabhay wrote: post #11

bangaladore wrote: post #5

Nitpick: Cursor for Files makes approximately zero sense to me given what I see here. Feedback: Supporting an enterprise air gapped solution of this clearly has huge value. It really doesn't matter where the data is stored if the indexing / embedding is happening on your infrastructure. Enterprises with compliance requirements are quite likely the types of clients looking for ways to save time searching through petab…

I think the phrase is apt, actually, but it's not perfect: 1. We have an embedded agent that can read, edit, organize, and take actions on your files. This means it can read almost any media type, which is why it's "cursor for files" even though "isn't _cursor_, cursor for files?". In other words, Cursor is "Poly for text" :) 2. We provide you with an "IDE", I.e. a file browser. However, unlike Cursor we actually bui…

more like chat(gpt) for files or NotebookLM for files. "Cursor for X" is usually a maker tool and not a chat/query/info management tool.

Re: Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

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Post by articulatepang » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 6:48 PM UTC

aabhay wrote: post #29

articulatepang wrote: post #26

Won’t this only work when connected to the internet? So I can’t use it on a flight. Or if I work in finance, or healthcare, or law, or government, or a hardware design company, I don’t want my files leaving my network. Those are very important use cases, much more important than searching my personal laptop. I want this for WORK, not my little photo collection or notes or whatever. This is a great use case for modern…

The file browsing is fully offline supported (as in the files get synced locally). We also allow text search offline, but smart search is not yet offline (we need to embed the search prompt), however, we would like to support fully offline use soon!

Many tools offer offline file browsing and full text search. Anything from midnight commander to Alfred to ripgrep.

I think the valuable and difficult thing is high quality, fast, offline semantic search, including indexing (so my files don't go to your servers -- that's an immediate no-go for all the important industries).

I've tried my hand at this a couple times and it's hard! But really hope you succeed, because it would be a big game changer in how we organize and use information. Every company out there would buy this immediately.