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13points
8comments
#2,289of 3,515 in 2024
Top 66%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Open source is preferred over closed tools

    From 1 comment
    • I'm excited about this idea. I don't like using non-open source thing because I like to know that I'm investing in something which I can tweak and contribute to. Open source is…
      samholmes on HN
  • Local on-prem models are a strong advantage

    From 1 comment
    • I'm excited about this idea. I don't like using non-open source thing because I like to know that I'm investing in something which I can tweak and contribute to. Open source is…
      samholmes on HN

Objections

  • Why fork VS Code instead of building a new editor

    From 1 comment
    • I'm also working on an AI code editor, but why VS code clone tho? Zero to ones in this space seems more challenging but might be worth it
      hackermanai on HN

Requests

  • Early access or GitHub availability

    From 2 comments
    • I'm excited about this idea. I don't like using non-open source thing because I like to know that I'm investing in something which I can tweak and contribute to. Open source is…
      samholmes on HN
    • Awesome, I only recently started using Cursor after having used ChatGPT web interface for coding assistance for a while. It's great to see deep integration of AI assistance deep…
      johnbendi on HN
  • Chat history search, timestamps, and OpenAI sync

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome, I only recently started using Cursor after having used ChatGPT web interface for coding assistance for a while. It's great to see deep integration of AI assistance deep…
      johnbendi on HN

Questions

  • How it compares to Pear (trypear.ai)

    From 1 comment
    • how do you guys compare to https://trypear.ai ? They're really good
      postleg on HN

Alternatives named

  • Pear (trypear.ai)

    From 1 comment
    • how do you guys compare to https://trypear.ai ? They're really good
      postleg on HN
  • Cursor

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome, I only recently started using Cursor after having used ChatGPT web interface for coding assistance for a while. It's great to see deep integration of AI assistance deep…
      johnbendi on HN
  • Continue.dev

    From 1 comment
    • Pear consists largely of a VS Code extension built on top of Continue.dev's VS Code extension. We're building a more native integration into the VS Code editor, similar to…
      andrewpareles on HN

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