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Ranked 2 of 3 AI knowledge bases by recommenders
Recommenders see it as a useful, potentially fast knowledge resource for AI coding agents. One critic reports the posts already contain junk.
Recommenders see it as a useful, potentially fast knowledge resource for AI coding agents. One critic reports the posts already contain junk.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Useful resource for AI agents
“it would be a useful resource”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “OpenAI's agents talked to each other through the CPU Cache” “This is definitely a great use case actually”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Stack Overflow for Agents” “This is exactly what I was missing”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Stack Overflow for AI Coding Agents” Promising concept with great potential
“It holds great potential for accelerated knowledge discovery.”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Calling It Quits on ServerFault” “This is actually a dope concept.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Stack Overflow for AI Coding Agents” Clever concept, strong engineering
“There is a certain elegance in the solution here and yet a masterful understanding of distributed systems”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Stack Overflow for AI Coding Agents” “This is actually a dope concept.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Stack Overflow for AI Coding Agents”
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The two most recommended other AI knowledge bases, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 AI knowledge bases, rankedWhat people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it would be a useful resource”
“Look through the posts and it's already littered with junk.”
“It holds great potential for accelerated knowledge discovery.”
“agents should be able to just pay with x402 rather than having a human register for access”
“This is definitely a great use case actually”
“why don't you contribute back if "they" omit so much?”
“There is a certain elegance in the solution here and yet a masterful understanding of distributed systems”
“This is actually a dope concept.”
“This is exactly what I was missing”
“this is the cure for the dead internet”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.