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Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by rushingcreek »

CSMastermind wrote: post #99
rushingcreek wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s great to hear! What are you asking it?

These are the types of questions I want to ask it: > What degrees are held by each of the current Fortune 100 CEOs? > What job did each of the current NFL GMs hold before their current position? > Which genre would each of the current Billboard Hot 100 songs be considered part of? > How many recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom were born outside of the US? > Which US car company has the most models in thei…

Thanks! Have you tried enabling “multi-query” mode in the search box?

Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by nickpsecurity »

rushingcreek wrote: post #42
natrys wrote: post #41

Does an API not make economic sense for you? Personally I would rather use my own tooling (not VSCode based).

So far an API has been less of a priority than focusing on the user-facing product. But it seems there's a reasonable amount of demand for it, which we'll consider.

You should also consider the ecosystem value that might be created for your product. There’s a prior example.

ChatGPT amazed people but its UI didn’t. A bunch of better UI’s showed up building on the OpenAI API and ChatGPT own. They helped people accomplish more which further marketed the product.

You can get this benefit with few downsides if you make the API simple with few promises about feature. “This is provided AS IS for your convenience and experimentation.”

Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by lerchmo »

rushingcreek wrote: post #42
natrys wrote: post #41

Does an API not make economic sense for you? Personally I would rather use my own tooling (not VSCode based).

So far an API has been less of a priority than focusing on the user-facing product. But it seems there's a reasonable amount of demand for it, which we'll consider.

I think an API would be fantastic for use cases like Aider / SWE agents. The primary issue besides fully understanding the code base is having up-to-date knowledge on libraries and packages. Perplexity has "online" models. And phind with Claude, GTP-4o, Phind 70 + search / rag would be awesome.

Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by NelsonMinar »

jadbox wrote: post #54
NelsonMinar wrote: post #13

Phind continues to be my favorite AI-enhanced search engine. They do a really nice job giving answers to technical questions with links to references where I can verify the answer or learn more detail. Some recent examples from my history: what video formats does mastodon support? https://www.phind.com/search?cache=jpa8gv7lv54orvpu2c7j1b5j compare xfs and ext4fs https://www.phind.com/search?cache=h9rmhe6ddav1bnb2odtc…

In my tests, it does hallucinate answers, even with Phind 70B. For example, I asked for bluetooth earplugs that have easy battery replacements. It always kept giving me answers for earplugs with I know have their battery soldered into the casing. Tbf, perplexity also fails at this question.

What's good about Phind is even if it gives a wrong answer, it gives you a link to a website where you can try to verify the answer.

FWIW my query for your question gives me a pretty good answer. The first list has three options, one of which is soldered (and the answer says so). It narrows it down to unsoldered ones when I ask.

https://www.phind.com/search?cache=kukryw72yutlp4u88nubmjuu

This answer is mostly good because it relies heavily on an iFixit article that it provides as the first reference. That's what I like about using Phind, it's as much a search engine as an oracle.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/35377/which-wireless-earbuds-are...

Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by NelsonMinar »

smusamashah wrote: post #47
NelsonMinar wrote: post #13

Phind continues to be my favorite AI-enhanced search engine. They do a really nice job giving answers to technical questions with links to references where I can verify the answer or learn more detail. Some recent examples from my history: what video formats does mastodon support? https://www.phind.com/search?cache=jpa8gv7lv54orvpu2c7j1b5j compare xfs and ext4fs https://www.phind.com/search?cache=h9rmhe6ddav1bnb2odtc…

I see references here but when I ask questions, I get answer but no citations, and I am logged in. This used to be an issue but was fixed but still an issue for me. If I logout and ask I get reference but the answers are using instant model.

I've noticed that sometimes too. I think it depends on the type of question, sometimes Phind decides you don't need references. You can ask explicitly for them.

Kagi does the opposite: it's mostly search results but sometimes an AI gives you a "Quick Answer" too.

Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by paranoidxprod »

davidpatrick wrote: post #140
paranoidxprod wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was subscribed for about 6 months between the end of last year and beginning of this, but canceled and haven't looked back. The web interface was constantly buggy for me, and they seemed to be very focused on the VSCode extension without integrations for other editors, so I ended up canceling.

what are you using now?

Mostly just Kagi Quick Answer. I use Claude sometimes, but I'll probably up my Kagi plan to try the new assistant soon.

Re: Phind-405B and faster, high quality AI answers for everyone

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Post by FofXisNull »

rushingcreek wrote: post #53
jmakov wrote: post #25

Phind is the best productivity booster I've found in the last years. Congrats and keep up the great work!

Thank you!

Hey can you enhance the "clear history" button so that it doesn't delete your pinned threads? Also if you can improve the threads area with folders for better organization that would be awesome. Great work on the product btw!
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