Phind V2
Dev tools
ai coding assistant
SHOW HN2023
221points
134comments
#246of 3,109 in 2023
Top 8%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 34 critical, out of 73 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Privacy: 1 for, 13 againstExecution: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstPricing: 0 for, 6 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for programming help, often preferred over Google
From 3 comments
Im a huge fan of this tool - I really like using it. I've started preferring it over google, and only googling after Phind fails me. Great work y'all! Keep it up :)
fosterfriends on HNI love Phind, I use it daily.
beeburrt on HNI love Phind! It’s in my daily toolbox. Congrats on the V2 launch!
bckr on HN
Saves significant time on coding tasks
From 1 comment
Hey Michael and Justin, I just wanted to let you know that I rebuilt a small web app (used by ~2K people/month) with help from Phind V1, and I found it extremely useful. The old…
CharlesW on HN
Strong at niche hardware/HLS code questions
From 1 comment
Wow, I'm impressed. I've been toying around with some prototypes to use AI and LLMs for hardware / chip design but at the HLS level using C++ rather than the HDL level using…
stefanpie on HN
Objections
Logged-in and anonymous conversations can be shared publicly and indexed
From 3 comments
This puts everything I ask it on the internet. Is the intend to build something like an AI StackOverflow this way? That should not be enabled by default. If anything, it should…
TekMol on HNThis is frankly disgusting behavior. There's zero indication on the homepage that your questions and interactions will be published and indexed on Google, and I think it's an…
foob on HNNot only for logged in users. Even more so for users who are not logged in. I find it very surprising that I type something into your service and that gets hosted on the open…
TekMol on HN
Asks clarifying questions too often and gives long-winded answers
From 3 comments
I love phind. It has helped me a lot but the hard coded (or heavy weighted) ‘ask user question’ after every single query can be too much. Especially when it asks to see parts of…
soultrees on HNHaving used Phind for a while, I got quite frustrated by the new mode where it asks clarifying questions. I think part of the frustration is that when I'm asking more obscure…
lolc on HN1. I don't see any notice of this launch on the site. 2. The responses on phind tend to be long-winded, decomposing the question even when I try to formulate it logically and…
esafak on HN
Confidently wrong or hallucinated answers
From 3 comments
Hey Michael and Justin, I just wanted to let you know that I rebuilt a small web app (used by ~2K people/month) with help from Phind V1, and I found it extremely useful. The old…
CharlesW on HNCongrats! Looking forward to seeing how it develops! Here was an amusing one that just happened to me: - query - answer with hallucination-- 'try X' and citations - sorry, that…
RupertEisenhart on HNMy only reason for not using phind is next 13. I use it for express and node js. But in the new app router it hasn't read the documentation and can't provide me with answers. In…
ashishgautam0 on HN
Sign-in required to view pricing plans
From 1 comment
Sorry it says “please sign in to view plans”. Because of this, I cannot become a customer as that is extremely annoying UI
server_man3000 on HN
Requests
Private conversations by default and deletion controls
From 3 comments
This puts everything I ask it on the internet. Is the intend to build something like an AI StackOverflow this way? That should not be enabled by default. If anything, it should…
TekMol on HNNot only for logged in users. Even more so for users who are not logged in. I find it very surprising that I type something into your service and that gets hosted on the open…
TekMol on HNSeems ok... https://www.phind.com/agent?cache=cll1botdq0025ky08w5z588zf I would use. But not after seeing that everything is made public. Can you enhance user privacy before I…
tibanne on HN
JetBrains/IntelliJ extension
From 2 comments
Is there any chance you'll create Intellij / IDEA extensions?
pineconewarrior on HNMy only reason for not using phind is next 13. I use it for express and node js. But in the new app router it hasn't read the documentation and can't provide me with answers. In…
ashishgautam0 on HN
Emacs and other editor support
From 2 comments
Love the concept. I hope there will eventually be an Emacs version of the extension - I couldn't imagine going back to VS Code.
yberreby on HNHappy Phind customer here (pro or whatever it’s called haha), but unable to use the VS code features due to not using VS Code. Have you considered a LSP .. does the LS Protocol…
unshavedyak on HN
Fix multi-device sign-in logout
From 1 comment
I can’t sign in from multiple devices. It logs out of others if I do. Also, what will the pricing model? OTOH, really like the new approach it is more human and tries to correct…
theusus on HN
Questions
How is Phind monetized and how does it pay for traffic
From 3 comments
This is awesome. How do you pay for the traffic though? And how do you make money? :)
submeta on HNThis looks great! How is Phind monetized?
andai on HNSo you plan is to give chatgpt4 away for free until you can figure out how to make money?
nerpderp82 on HN
Does it do query expansion
From 1 comment
From the tutorial: > In rare cases, this type of phrasing might result in irrelevant web results and therefore a bad answer. If you find that the web results are unrelated to…
andai on HN
Alternatives named
Google search
From 1 comment
Im a huge fan of this tool - I really like using it. I've started preferring it over google, and only googling after Phind fails me. Great work y'all! Keep it up :)
fosterfriends on HN
Perplexity and You.com
From 2 comments
Both Perplexity and You.com do this as well.
rushingcreek on HNIt's a misconception that everything is simply public. It's basically impossible for anyone to get your cached links unless you post it somewhere yourself. Perplexity and You.com…
rushingcreek on HN
Kagi
From 1 comment
Kagi did an evaluation a while back: https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-ai-search
rushingcreek on HN