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Hacker News - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 5:44pm
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Hacker News - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 5:42pm

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43756827

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Ask HN: Were early stage products always so buggy?

Hacker News - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 5:39pm

I help startups roll out tools for their go-to-market teams. These days, I keep coming across different products with small teams, the backing of notable VCs, and lots of potential, but then when I go to use them the UIs are just littered with bugs which prevent them from functioning. And often it has nothing to do with prompting, hallucination, or anything like that. It's simple things like "when I hit save, my data disappears."

I'm accustomed to working with buggy tools, nothing I do is mission-critical, so things aren't as thoroughly tested as a car might be before hitting the road. But it seems things are getting released with more and more bugs. Am I nuts?

Seems like there are three possibilities to me:

1. This is just what happens with products that are new to market. 2. People creating these products are relying too much on tools like Cursor that don't work right. 3. The pressure to keep up is getting faster and faster, so companies are releasing products that are less and less thoroughly tested.

My gut tells me it's a combination of 2 and 3, and this is a sign we're reaching a new stage in the AI bubble. But maybe I'm wrong and being overly cynical.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43756804

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Show HN: Add 'unlock' to booking URL to auto-compare the same hotel across sites

Hacker News - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 5:29pm

I built this after getting tired of checking Booking, Expedia, Hotels.com, etc. one by one.

Now if you have a hotel URL from Booking.com or Expedia, just add unlock before the domain — like: unlockbooking.com/… unlockexpedia.com/…

It redirects to a lightweight site that compares that same hotel’s prices across major booking platforms. No login, no installs, just a shortcut to a comparison view.

Example:

Try this Booking.com link: https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/indigo-dallas-downtown.html... → Now add unlock: https://www.unlockbooking.com/hotel/us/indigo-dallas-downtow...

Or this Expedia link: https://www.expedia.com/New-York-Hotels-The-Bowery-Hotel.h16... → With unlock: https://www.unlockexpedia.com/New-York-Hotels-The-Bowery-Hot...

Would love feedback or suggestions! Planning to add filters, mobile UX, and maybe email alerts if there’s interest.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43756706

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