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I've been very impressed with Phind.com; at this point it has basically replaced 80% of my web searches for technical questions. The linked sources help with verification and getting context when necessary.

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A major update is coming this week :)

(I’m the founder)

Thank you for creating it and keeping it free of charge.

Hoping to see it as a long-lived project - how / who is paying for it?

We’re VC-funded — Phind is a YC company. Don’t worry, we plan to be around for a while :)

To me, VC-funded is exactly what worries me.

Unnecessary pressure and unrealistic growth expectations push toward quick and sure enshittification of a successful service or the shutdown of an insufficiency (unrealistic) successful one.

My hat said I love phind very much - hope you can stay in business.

We have great investors (including YC) who are very much aligned with our goal of making the most kickass pair programming assistant that's plugged into everything (including the internet).

I wish phind had VSCode extension.

It’s coming soon!

(I’m the founder)

will it be paid? or will it be freemium?

VS code extension could possibly be paid. The rest of the service will remain free/freemium.

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