Blink
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“which is itself a lovely educational project”
“Blink terminal with Zellij for shared session persistence with my Mac at home.”
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Caveats and dissent
“a protest vote against Blink”
“they are Blink-only APIs that Google decided to build unilaterally”
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“Blink is full of holes as other comments point out”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
Hey HN! I’m excited to share Blink, a new search experience that gives concise, AI-generated answers with clear source references — designed to help you get the gist without endless scrolling. https://blink-oi.vercel.app What it does Provides short, direct answers to queries Includes verifiable source links No ads, no clickbait — just useful info fast Built with speed and clarity in mind Why I built it Current search
Threads where it came up
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- Ghidra by NSA 1 mention
- The Browser Is the Sandbox 1 mention
Also written as blink. Data: blink.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 10
“which is itself a lovely educational project”
“Blink terminal with Zellij for shared session persistence with my Mac at home.”
“a protest vote against Blink”
“they are Blink-only APIs that Google decided to build unilaterally”
“Also this.”
“Blink is full of holes as other comments point out”
“I switched to Blink on iOS which seems inferior to Termius in every way except that scrolling tmux actually works.”
“I use blink ($20/yr).”
“Blink's (Chromium) text layout engine works the following way.”
“compared with Blink and even Gecko”