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Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf

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502 points alazsengul | 1 comments | 14 Jul 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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Buttons840 ◴[14 Jul 25 19:12 UTC] No.44564130[source]▶
Hello Cognition AI,

My name is Devin; it has been for many decades now. I'm embarrassed to see you've named your product after me. It has already prompted uncomfortable jokes at my expense, and I'm sure there will be more. I now have newfound empathy for people named Alexa.

For instance, people have made jokes about my name in interviews, and it's embarrassing for me, and thus awkward for everyone, and awkward interactions make it objectively less likely that I will get job offers.

I don't think any product should be named after people. Please change the name of Devin.

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1. OccamsMirror ◴[15 Jul 25 06:25 UTC] No.44568388[source]▶
Apart from this news I haven't heard about Devin in a long time. Not since the very start of the AI hype. Considering how foolish a purchase this seems to be I don't think you're going to have to worry about them Bogarting your name for too much longer.