Phind
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
6recommend
8warn against
Dec 3, 2025first mention
Jun 1, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“For code: Kagi or phind.”
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“This is so cool.”
“this might replace chatGPT for me for learning stuff.”
Caveats and dissent
“you make phind worse and worse. unusable.”
“Didn't really work for me.”
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“Phind felt like a different/worse service”
“Dey phucked up phind.”
long-time Phind useron “Launch HN: Phind 3 (YC S22) – Every answer is a mini…”
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From the makers not counted in the ranking
“In the meantime, you can use old.phind.com if you still want the old experience.”
“The model you use in Phind makes a big impact.”
Threads where it came up
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All comments 21
“After switching between Perplexity, Phind, and a couple others”
“For code: Kagi or phind.”
“A great tool will be missed.”
“But they seemed to be quickly outfoxed by Perplexity.”
“I really liked the product.”
“you make phind worse and worse. unusable.”
“Didn't really work for me.”
“This is so cool.”
“this might replace chatGPT for me for learning stuff.”
“Where Phind gives you an interactive answer right now”
“I used Phind successfully about 2 years ago to make my way around an old codebase”
“Phind felt like a different/worse service”
“Dey phucked up phind.”
“My attempt gave more reasonable results”
“A hypothesis here is that well-crafted UI helps you understand/see options for what you don't yet know.”
“I have never seen wastage of resources as bad as this.”
“It did not quite get it right.”
“I kinda stopped using it unconsciously. Maybe I'll give it a try again.”
“The problem is I don't think every answer needs a mini-app.”
“Congrats on the launch I love the idea! Super exciting to see these generative UIs”
“which didn't seem workable at all”