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The AI-First Code Editor

37 points by peter_retief 3y ago

beezlewax 3y ago
Trusted by tens of thousands of engineers at these companies? How did you come up with that figure out of interest?
- copperx 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure they're deceptively referring to VSCode proper.
circuit10 3y ago
Is there a reason this has to be a fork instead of an extension? I guess it’s easier to customise it deeply but it would probably be better as a extension if possible
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  I'm not sure why it's not an extension either as GitHub Copilot Chat [0] is doing something very similar plus it's included in my Copilot subscription already. [0] https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-available-for-every-organization/ https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-...
satvikpendem 3y ago
The domain is strange, I recently submitted cursor.sh, but this has a .so TLD, so which is the canonical one? Anyway, I saw this product but continued to use VSCode because with GitHub Copilot Chat [0], it's basically the same thing plus I don't want to run a fork of VSCode, who knows how often it'll be updated, compared to running VSCode directly. [0] https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-available-for-every-organization/ https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-...
flemhans 3y ago
What do you all make of its "local mode"? Not stored on their servers, they say. But is it transmitted to them or use a local LLM?
- layoric 3y ago
  From what I can tell, their 'local' mode still can't use your own LLM model, just host it yourself, and still charged per request despite using my own hardware to run? Very confusing.
impulser_ 3y ago
Why would someone pay for this over using ChatGPT or Copilot Chat? Yeah you might have to copy and paste instead of it writing directly in you editor but both of them offer way more than this especially ChatGPT. On top of that Google is releasing a similar application (VSCode + AI) for free. I don't see why they didn't just make this a plugin for VSCode editors. Probably would be a better product.
qlkjwenf 3y ago
Scam company that lies shamelessly on their homepage saying "helped tens of thousands of developers all over the world"
- seeknotfind 3y ago
  Tracking number of downloads? I can see it. 10,000 tries isn't much.
- peter_retief 3y ago
  I tried the editor Asked it to design an AI app using Python using a piezoelectric sensor to measure blood pressure. It did a really good job, setup the whole project in a useful and helpful way. Maybe give them a chance.
PappGaborSandor 3y ago
Nano works for me :)
amitport 3y ago
Well, for those who do not know, these features are available/coming to the official copilot AFAIKT. https://github.com/features/preview/copilot-x https://github.com/features/preview/copilot-x

37 points by peter_retief 3y ago

beezlewax 3y ago

Trusted by tens of thousands of engineers at these companies? How did you come up with that figure out of interest?

copperx 3y ago
I'm pretty sure they're deceptively referring to VSCode proper.

circuit10 3y ago

Is there a reason this has to be a fork instead of an extension? I guess it’s easier to customise it deeply but it would probably be better as a extension if possible

satvikpendem 3y ago
I'm not sure why it's not an extension either as GitHub Copilot Chat [0] is doing something very similar plus it's included in my Copilot subscription already. [0] https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-available-for-every-organization/ https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-...

satvikpendem 3y ago

The domain is strange, I recently submitted cursor.sh, but this has a .so TLD, so which is the canonical one? Anyway, I saw this product but continued to use VSCode because with GitHub Copilot Chat [0], it's basically the same thing plus I don't want to run a fork of VSCode, who knows how often it'll be updated, compared to running VSCode directly. [0] https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-available-for-every-organization/ https://github.blog/2023-07-20-github-copilot-chat-beta-now-...

flemhans 3y ago

What do you all make of its "local mode"? Not stored on their servers, they say. But is it transmitted to them or use a local LLM?

layoric 3y ago
From what I can tell, their 'local' mode still can't use your own LLM model, just host it yourself, and still charged per request despite using my own hardware to run? Very confusing.

impulser_ 3y ago

Why would someone pay for this over using ChatGPT or Copilot Chat? Yeah you might have to copy and paste instead of it writing directly in you editor but both of them offer way more than this especially ChatGPT. On top of that Google is releasing a similar application (VSCode + AI) for free. I don't see why they didn't just make this a plugin for VSCode editors. Probably would be a better product.

qlkjwenf 3y ago

Scam company that lies shamelessly on their homepage saying "helped tens of thousands of developers all over the world"

seeknotfind 3y ago
Tracking number of downloads? I can see it. 10,000 tries isn't much.
peter_retief 3y ago
I tried the editor Asked it to design an AI app using Python using a piezoelectric sensor to measure blood pressure. It did a really good job, setup the whole project in a useful and helpful way. Maybe give them a chance.

PappGaborSandor 3y ago

Nano works for me :)

amitport 3y ago

Well, for those who do not know, these features are available/coming to the official copilot AFAIKT. https://github.com/features/preview/copilot-x https://github.com/features/preview/copilot-x