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by ushakov 1527 days ago
from what i know the end goal of Fig is to to build a proprietary platform for webapps that run as overlay on top of your terminal

this sounds ridiculous because it is

they can’t drop this shitty idea now, because they took tons of cash from venture capitalists to make it happen
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mschrage 1527 days ago
Our mission is to improve the developer experience in the terminal.

We think that layer on new interfaces can help make the commandline even more powerful... as well as making it more accessible. Check out kui[0] to get an idea of what we're imagining.

[0] https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kui

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ushakov 1527 days ago
where does terminal lack user-experience in your opinion?

you really think your proprietary, VC-baked, telemetry-enabled product would improve developer experience?

a terminal is accessible as it gets and doesn’t need a web interface

this is just a pervert version of Electron

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mschrage 1527 days ago
Tens of thousands of developers use Fig everyday and seem to really enjoy the autocomplete affordances that we've added.

That said, if you already are very comfortable in the terminal, some of the pain points that we're tackling might be less acute for you.

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