alt Hacker NewsInteresting!
Being in the same product space for more than 3 months, I wonder how one can not come across 2 popular open source tools that do more or less the same thing.
Like Aider has 21k stars, and Cline has around 11k stars. Both these product names come up on HN, Reddit frequently.
Curious to know if YC does some research on existing products before backing a new business.
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Oras • 11/08/2024
In any YC application, they request a list of competitors and why your product is better! Curious about what OP listed as competitors in the application.
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ErikBjare • 11/08/2024
This was surprising to me too.
I've also built a similar free and open-source tool gptme (2.5k stars), since the start of last year (GPT-3.5). It has been impossible to ignore the great work done by Aider.
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It seems like we're all in our own tech bubbles more and more. Distribution is clearly a tough problem to crack, and no one in this space has really mastered it yet, aside from arguably Github Copilot.
No comment on YC here, but I think it's easy to criticize from the outside. I've personally have been impressed by all the peers, group partners, and alumni I've met so far. I'm biased, but I think YC knows what it's doing. Also, YC backs founders, not ideas.