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Re:Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf by bluelightning2k on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:56PM (#44566589)
It's weird being a Windsurf fan on HN. You get the feeling that you're in the minority or doing it wrong because the dialog is dominated by Cursor and (more recently) Claude Code.

It's also been a lot of random stuff recently with their 3 separate Ross and Rachel acquisition storylines.

Some takeaways:

1. Devin/Cognition definitely have a legit AI dev agent now

2. It's crazy what Google passed on. The fact that it was worth it to them without the traditional best assets is wild. Guess that's what happens when you play on ultra hard mode with an infinite money glitch.

3. I am worried/pre-emptively sad that Windsurf will likely go away or get nerfed, more expensive etc.

Re:Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf by TiredOfLife on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @02:13AM (#44568328)
Re:Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf by alittletooraph2 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @02:29PM (#44574366)
"If the founder/CEO and best engineers at Windsurf don't believe in that product/company, why should you?"

^ Any company that competes with them could say that and it would create some pause.