Supermaven
Dev tools
code completion
SHOW HN2024
163points
101comments
#503of 3,515 in 2024
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How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
8 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Execution: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Much faster than Copilot
From 3 comments
I've been using Supermaven for the past week and it's obviously better than copilot. Excited to see this product evolve!
maxchehab on HNHave been using supermaven for about 5 days on a react project. It is way faster than copilot, suggestions generally feel better as well, less hallucinated. For instance, if I…
theflyinghorse on HNImpressed by the completion speed. It really changes everything... again. Do you have plans to add a chat feature and IntelliJ plugin?
falleng0d on HN
Suggestions feel better and less hallucinated
From 2 comments
Excited to see this on HN front page! Unlike others, I didn't mind the CC + 30 day trial. 30 days actually feels generously long as I don't see many other projects offering that.…
chenxi9649 on HNHave been using supermaven for about 5 days on a react project. It is way faster than copilot, suggestions generally feel better as well, less hallucinated. For instance, if I…
theflyinghorse on HN
Objections
Requires a credit card for the free trial
From 2 comments
- No details at all on the official extension page in VSCode - I bite the bullet and try anyway - No immediate confirmation after setup - Only one configuration option (log file…
spdustin on HNHow about just not having one? i am often interested to try things but I am not giving out my CC until I've tried it out, FOMO be damned. I don't want the burden of cancellation…
anigbrowl on HN
Uploads the git repository to the cloud with unclear data use
From 3 comments
Your privacy policy[0] doesn't seem to mention any of this. How is the data being used? I'm not very certain about inputting my data into any tool that uploads to cloud and…
a2128 on HNDo you train and/or refine your models based on customer source code?
codetrotter on HNPlease clarify what the data is used for.
_andrei_ on HN
Windows extension opens a sm-agent.exe window
From 2 comments
I signed up for the free trial and downloaded the extension. All I'm getting is a blank command prompt window "sm-agent.exe" that opens when I open VS code. So yeh, it's just not…
solumunus on HNIt is working for me but I always see a window for sm-agent.exe. W10 22H2 VS Code 1.86.2
falleng0d on HN
Requests
Neovim plugin
From 2 comments
Any plans for a Neovim plugin? Quite interested but don't feel like switching to VSCode any time soon.
csomar on HNNeovim? :)
hboon on HN
IntelliJ plugin
From 2 comments
Impressed by the completion speed. It really changes everything... again. Do you have plans to add a chat feature and IntelliJ plugin?
falleng0d on HNGlad to hear it. We'll add an IntelliJ plugin next week. We may add a chat feature if we can make one good enough that we're happy with the quality.
jacob-jackson on HN
Chat feature
From 2 comments
Impressed by the completion speed. It really changes everything... again. Do you have plans to add a chat feature and IntelliJ plugin?
falleng0d on HNGlad to hear it. We'll add an IntelliJ plugin next week. We may add a chat feature if we can make one good enough that we're happy with the quality.
jacob-jackson on HN
Questions
Does it train models on customer code?
From 2 comments
Do you train and/or refine your models based on customer source code?
codetrotter on HNThis is the main thing keeping me from trying it. If you could clarify how you protect and use our code, it would be a huge help.
sickcodebruh on HN
Whose code was the training data and are licences respected?
From 1 comment
Whose code is it trained on? Do you respect their software licences?
edent on HN
Which programming languages are supported well?
From 2 comments
Which programming languages is Supermaven good at?
kibbi on HNDoes this only work with "mainstream" languages? Swift, perhaps. Chez Scheme? Haskell? Lean 4?
Syzygies on HN
Alternatives named
GitHub Copilot
From 3 comments
Excited to see this on HN front page! Unlike others, I didn't mind the CC + 30 day trial. 30 days actually feels generously long as I don't see many other projects offering that.…
chenxi9649 on HNI've been using Supermaven for the past week and it's obviously better than copilot. Excited to see this product evolve!
maxchehab on HNI signed up for the free trial and downloaded the extension. All I'm getting is a blank command prompt window "sm-agent.exe" that opens when I open VS code. So yeh, it's just not…
solumunus on HN
Cursor
From 1 comment
Excited to see this on HN front page! Unlike others, I didn't mind the CC + 30 day trial. 30 days actually feels generously long as I don't see many other projects offering that.…
chenxi9649 on HN
Tabnine
From 1 comment
Interesting launch. I saw you were the original founder of tabnine. I’m curious as to what you’ve learned since you launched tabnine in 2018, and why you’re deciding to create…
Nevin1901 on HN