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Cursor launches Origin, a GitHub rival, hours before GitHub itself goes down

A critic calls Cursor's GitHub criticism hypocritical

2 Aug 17 1:30 PM · 7d ago · 7 articles · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 2 of 7

A developer accused Cursor's backers of unfairly attacking GitHub's outages while Origin itself lacks free-tier support and has no CI system of its own.

A critic calls Cursor's GitHub criticism hypocritical
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“incredibly dishonest of Cursor investors to just shit on GitHub knowing full well 1) Origin doesn't support free users 2) Origin doesn't have any CI”

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Cursor AI coding company launching OriginGitHub Incumbent code-hosting platformElon Musk / xAI Reported owner tied to Cursor, cited by critics@mehedih_ Developer critic on X

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 4 outlets Cursor begins Origin code hosting rollout for paid plans

    first by TestingCatalog AI News, 7d ago · also SiliconANGLE, RuntimeWire, Cursor

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  2. 2 outlets Cursor's Origin hits GitHub on its worst day

    first by The Rundown AI, 7d ago · also Notebookcheck

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