RIP Windsurf :'(

A lot of changes right now, but I feel kind of happy that we still don't have a clear dominate player, more competing ideas and innovation and places for people to cut their teeth for now. The competitive landsacape also means better tools are being made for makers.

I don't feel like the original OpenAI -> Windsurf acquisition ever made any sense but it's wild to see this all play out so quickly. To have so many AI coding competitors with so much money in a space that has very little vendor lock-in is good for developers though!

If OpenAI was all-in, and it still fell through… sounds like Microsoft had the kill switch.

Really sad to see - optimistic to see what the team can still do, though