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53points
3comments
#1,257of 3,515 in 2024
Top 36%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Performance: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Welcomed as an open-source alternative to Copilot

    From 1 comment
    • I was confused by the title at first. I was thinking of CLI tab-autocomplete, which thankfully is local by default :) Anyway, as much as I am lagging behind in adoption of LLMs…
      moritzwarhier on HN

Objections

  • Poor results with C# and Windows setup; local DeepSeek hard to get running

    From 1 comment
    • I recently (yesterday) for the first time tried various variants to get code completion and refactoring after all the hype, and was quite disappointed in it. Now I mainly develop…
      NoxiousPluK on HN
  • Lazy, slow answers from GPT-4 chat and Copilot in the commenter's test

    From 1 comment
    • I recently (yesterday) for the first time tried various variants to get code completion and refactoring after all the hype, and was quite disappointed in it. Now I mainly develop…
      NoxiousPluK on HN

Requests

  • Support for running alongside Tabby or using Groq for faster autocomplete

    From 1 comment
    • Neat. Been trying to get rid of the dual LLMs (one for complete via Tabby and one for continue). Also want to try autocomplete via groq given its speed, though lack of a code…
      Havoc on HN

Alternatives named

  • GitHub Copilot

    From 1 comment
    • I recently (yesterday) for the first time tried various variants to get code completion and refactoring after all the hype, and was quite disappointed in it. Now I mainly develop…
      NoxiousPluK on HN
  • Codeium

    From 1 comment
    • I recently (yesterday) for the first time tried various variants to get code completion and refactoring after all the hype, and was quite disappointed in it. Now I mainly develop…
      NoxiousPluK on HN
  • Tabby

    From 1 comment
    • Neat. Been trying to get rid of the dual LLMs (one for complete via Tabby and one for continue). Also want to try autocomplete via groq given its speed, though lack of a code…
      Havoc on HN

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