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Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

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Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

#32

Post by lukasb »

I asked about the Peninsula campaign during the Civil War and it gave me an overview, a map, profiles (with photos) of the main military commanders, a relevant Youtube video ... rough edges but overall love the format.

Rough edges: - aspect ratios on photos (maybe because I was on mobile, cropping was weird) - map was very hard to read (again, mobile) - some formatting problems with tables - it tried to show an embedded Gmap for one location but must have gotten the location wrong, was just ocean

Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

#33

Post by rushingcreek »

lukasb wrote: post #32

I asked about the Peninsula campaign during the Civil War and it gave me an overview, a map, profiles (with photos) of the main military commanders, a relevant Youtube video ... rough edges but overall love the format. Rough edges: - aspect ratios on photos (maybe because I was on mobile, cropping was weird) - map was very hard to read (again, mobile) - some formatting problems with tables - it tried to show an embed…

Thanks for the feedback, this is helpful!

Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

#34

Post by personjerry »

rushingcreek wrote: post #24
personjerry wrote: post #21

The problem is I don't think every answer needs a mini-app. I'd argue there are very few answers that do. For example, it feels like Google's featured snippet (quick answer box) but expanded. But the thing is, many people don't like the feature snippet, and there's a reason it doesn't appear for many queries - it doesn't contribute meaningfully to those. This functionality is doing exactly the opposite of the process…

Thanks for the feedback, and I agree that it is very much early days for this product category. To be clear, our goal is to make the software specific for an audience: you. What's exciting, though, is that models are rapidly improving at building on-demand software and this will directly benefit Phind. There are still many edge cases, but I think it will get better quickly.

Hmm this answer seems to have ignored everything I said, provided a generic answer ("you") which is exactly the problem, and doubled down on models/technology portion (and edge cases?) which is neither built by Phind nor did I question.

Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

#35

Post by mainecoder »

Awesome job is it possible to have predefined specing features and perhaps a layout as well for instance if I need a specific layout, font , order , certain UI elements it could be for accessibilitys' sake or preference , can you make the internal code used for app creation be configurable insuring security of course.

Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

#38

Post by rushingcreek »

miduil wrote: post #37

Great reminder that phind still exists, with Gemini Enterprise and ChatGPT + phind always creating massive diagrams I kinda stopped using it unconsciously. Maybe I'll give it a try again.

Yep, we heard that feedback loud and clear; the diagrams are a lot less annoying in this new version.

Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

#39

Post by desireco42 »

I-LOVE-IT!

At least to me, this is totally fresh take on AI and providing answers. OpenAI is burning through billions without trying to make nicer interface or just come up with some innovation how to train models (Qwen and Minimax). Unlike Claude who tries to smother you with content and emojis, I got clean and focused answer to my query and an app.

Again, love it, thank you. If you have to sell yourself, make sure you get a lot of billions.

Re: Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini-app

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Post by desireco42 »

desireco42 wrote: post #39

I-LOVE-IT! At least to me, this is totally fresh take on AI and providing answers. OpenAI is burning through billions without trying to make nicer interface or just come up with some innovation how to train models (Qwen and Minimax). Unlike Claude who tries to smother you with content and emojis, I got clean and focused answer to my query and an app. Again, love it, thank you. If you have to sell yourself, make sure…

BTW I saw this approach with mini apps with Cove.ai and it surprised me how useful it can be. I got simulations of some business ideas I was developing there and it was really useful.
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