hackernews • r/hackernews
Comment on: &udm=14 ΓÇô easy access to an AI-free Google search
Either they are annoyed that everything claims to be fast, or they prefer slow bloated software.
🔥 Score 51.5
QuietSearch: AI‑Free, Reliable Results
Users feel overwhelmed by over‑promised speed and increasingly buggy search experiences, craving a simple, dependable engine that delivers accurate results without AI noise. QuietSearch offers a lightweight, AI‑free search service that prioritizes reliability and transparency, giving users a calm, consistent search experience.
Quantitative Score Breakdown
complaint frequency
6
growth rate
10
competition density
10.5
monetization potential
10.31
technical feasibility
7.5
search interest
7.2
Evidence Signal (3)
Raw Postshn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?
I guess things keep getting more features and complexity but all of it is 80% done because it's "shippable" and updates are cheap.This is most visibile for me on Windows/MacOS and complex web apps (e.g. GitHub and GitLab, including consoles of hyperscalers), where 80% of "normal" things work, then you need the last 20% and it's always not working as documented, only half-working, or just outright broken, and you need to find "temporary" workarounds that stay in place for years.I feel this is being amplified by AI: tests come last (if at all) and are still written by LLMs, nobody really looks a
hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Ask HN: What tools do you pay for today that feel overpriced or frustrating?
Every single app for streaming TV or movies. The price keeps going up, fragmentation makes it all a frustrating mess, and I think everyone is waiting for the market to collapse on itself a so we can get one-stop-shops like we have for music.This isn’t really a problem a developer can fix, if you’re fishing for ideas. The problem exists with the content owners and competition based on exclusive content.