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Cursor Origin

https://cursor.com/docs/origin
45•peterspath•52m ago

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throw03172019•37m ago
Good day to launch. GitHub had issues as normal.
granzymes•14m ago
If the goal was to launch on a day when GitHub had issues, most days are good launch days.
verdverm•36m ago
previously discussed today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334209

Ironically this had an issue because of GitHub downtime?

https://status.cursor.com/incidents/l9h9vrd726jv

wxw•33m ago
Perhaps has to do with the Github sync feature, https://cursor.com/docs/origin/mirror-github
verdverm•27m ago
doesn't matter, it's DOA anyway, Elon is bad for your brand, hosting your project with Elon is a sure way to have people pass on it, and possibly a way your private repos end up in an Ai training set. These people cannot be trusted
Georgelemental•14m ago
As opposed to Micro$oft, which everyone loves and trusts?
vzaliva•28m ago
I’ve finally cancelled my Cursor subscription. It was an interesting product, but the fact that most interesting features only work with per-token pricing, not Cursor and Codex subscriptions, is a bummer. As to their Composer models, they were good for simpler coding tasks, but after the company purchase, they will probably end up merged with Grok, and I do not want to pay nor contribute to Elon Musk’s businesses.
runtime_terror•10m ago
Same. Cancelled the day the Elon acquisition was announced.
Tostino•22m ago
Wouldn't touch it at this point because of the association.

With as bad as GitHub has gotten, I can see moving...but not to here.

wellthisisgreat•22m ago
Genuinely curious - why does Cursor still exist?

What’s the point? What value does it add VS VSCode with Claude and such?

bhouston•20m ago
I have been a long time Cursor user but it is really expensive even if it is convenient to switch models. I recently switched to just Max on Claude and Max on Codex. That is cheaper than Cursor if you use it a lot.
polishdude20•6m ago
That hasn't been my experience but maybe it's because in cursor I'm really only using the auto feature all the time. It's been almost a month of daily usage and I'm still only at like 70% quota.
colesantiago•18m ago
Isn’t Codeberg a better alternative to this?

Cursor / SpaceX will just have free rein to just train on your hosted code if you use Cursor Origin.

neuronexmachina•11m ago
I imagine Codeberg's LLM ban might make it a poor fit for many Cursor users.
aabhay•15m ago
With the Grok code incident in recent memory I have zero interest in trusting our company’s crown jewels with this service.

Agents are here. Just self host and let the agents help cover your ass in network config, HA, whatever.

JSR_FDED•14m ago
One of the few areas in my life i have control over is who I associate with and who I spend my money with. Elon ain’t it.
Jackobrien•8m ago
Diabolical timing. Incredible. Too bad it requires mirroring GitHub.
internet2000•7m ago
Awesome stuff, about time.

A common refrain in the commentariat is "if AI makes you so more productive, where's all the new ambitious software?" Here you are, here's an AI assisted Github clone.

roughly•5m ago
Boy, if you want to trust your company’s codebase to xAI, I don’t know what to tell you except good luck and Godspeed. GitHub’s been terrible lately, but the answer surely isn’t to hitch your wagon to Elon’s AI bet.

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Cursor Origin

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45•peterspath•52m ago•20 comments

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