Cursor launches GitHub clone 'Origin' amid GitHub outage
altryne · x · 2026-08-18
The Cursor team released 'Origin', a GitHub clone, coinciding with a major GitHub outage. The author notes that Cursor's timing for a notification about the issue represents a missed opportunity to capture users affected by the downtime.
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