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0 pointsk__3mo ago0 comments

Before it was a fast AI chat that would explain tech stuff and help me with issues.

I used it quite often, even instead of GH Copilot.

Now, it's much slower and has some kind of solution view that gets updated with every new message.

Found myself to resorting to GH Copilot chat quite often today, because Phind felt like a different/worse service.

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One example: I asked it to explain continue.dev, the kind of thing I’d asked it previously.

Before I got a proper summary and an arch diagram. It felt like its own work. Now it spun in circles for a good while and then it regurgitated the continue.dev website in weird topic boxes and that wasn’t helpful at all.

It does seem that it’s SOTA for LLMs to take forever to respond. In that sense it’s in good company. More and more, lately, I send a prompt to an LLM and switch tabs because it’s likely to be 20-60 seconds at best.

A curious regression, even if I understand why.

rushingcreek3mo ago

Thanks for the specific example -- I'll take a look at this. In the meantime, you can use old.phind.com if you still want the old experience.

chw9e3mo ago

As someone who never used Phind, how was it better than copilot? Did it integrate data from broader sources or just do a better job of presenting it? Was it faster?

k__OP3mo ago

It did so extensive online search.

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