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New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:56:54 +0000

Thanks for commenting! We do not "forbid" AI or are "anti-AI". You can use agents within the rate limits (which are public in the FAQ).

We don't plan to build AI tools into the search (specifically Gen AI/LLMs).

But the tag mostly indicates that the product is built "by hand", not "vibe-coded", and that it's not about an AI-related product/service, if that makes sense.

We're not just fighting AI

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:51:31 +0000

Article URL: https://sayyesdono.pagecord.com/were-not-just-fighting-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537915

Points: 2

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Testing Uruky to Replace Kagi

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:48:43 +0000

Article URL: https://rewiring.bearblog.dev/kagi-to-uruky/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537899

Points: 3

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New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

BrunoBernardino — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:56:15 +0000

Oh, wow, thanks for sharing, I wasn’t aware of that post! We’ve tried to reach out to European Alternetives before, but never got a reply, unfortunately.

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

BrunoBernardino — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:46:29 +0000

Thank you so much! We would definitely love to have that happen, too! We couldn’t have imagined we’d get to 100 monthly active accounts so soon (and now past 150), but we’d need at least an order of magnitude more in order to have it be sustainable as a full time business for us.

That being said, it definitely looks possible, so we’re excited! As it stands, it’s already sustainable part-time and can go long-term.

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

BrunoBernardino — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:54:50 +0000

[NO-AI]

My wife and I continue to work on Uruky [1], a simpler Kagi alternative, based in the EU.

Last month we launched image search (got out of beta this month), added our own index and crawler (via Uruky Site Search [2]), and reached 100 monthly active accounts (we’ve passed 150 now)! You can also see a privacy-focused independent blogger wrote about us [3]!!

You can check out the main differences between Uruky and Kagi, DuckDuckGo, SearXNG, etc. in the footer (right side), but one huge difference is that with Uruky, after being a paying customer for 12 months, you can download a copy of the source code (licensed as BUSL into AGPLv3 in 2 years — a suggestion made here in HN)!

You can also now get a free trial for 2 hours when you signup if you pass a proof-of-work captcha (another suggestion made here on HN, and it uses a local Altcha).

Our main challenge continues to be discoverability and outreach because we want to do it ethically. Ideas are welcome! We’ve been sponsoring open source projects, open source maintainers, and indie, small-web, and privacy-related websites and applications.

Feature-wise, for June we’ve already added a ton of personalization and privacy-increasing features like URL rewrites, cash-by-mail payments, and anonymous vouchers! Upcoming is partnering with ProxyStore to sell vouchers (we’re currently in talks for this), so you can buy vouchers with XMR/Monero or other cryptocurrencies. Then we’ll be looking into increasing our own index, focused on indie/small web.

Thank you for your kindness!

[1]: https://uruky.com

[2]: https://uruky.com/site-search

[3]: https://theprivacydad.com/interview-with-the-engineer-of-uru...

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

BrunoBernardino — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:10:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.codingwithjesse.com/blog/rockstar-developers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458586

Points: 499

# Comments: 361

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:59:01 +0000

Thanks. They did respond after a few days, we're in touch with them now and will try to run a trial selling Uruky vouchers there!

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:58:18 +0000

Gotcha. We're now building vouchers for ProxyStore to sell them.

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:57:42 +0000

Thanks for confirming!

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:57:31 +0000

Thanks, will double-check with our lawyers on that, but it seems that'll be possible and the way to go!

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:56:26 +0000

Thank you for the suggestion!

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:56:12 +0000

Gotcha.

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:55:57 +0000

It's in the FAQ. Legal limitations.

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "I wish Deno would keep doing what it does best"

BrunoBernardino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:54:20 +0000

I'm similarly an "early" Deno fan and still use it everywhere I can, but I haven't liked the direction it started taking with chasing Node compatibility for sure. Their priorities just shifted entirely, and while I feel like I can get away with that for now, I've got a feeling it won't last, and that I might just need to bite the bullet and give up on Deno and get back to Node, eventually. Hopefully I'm wrong and they'll learn the lesson.

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:31:11 +0000

Rate limiting when it's invalid (and high entropy to generate new ones)! It's in the FAQ :)

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "SourceHut Disrupted by LLM Crawlers"

BrunoBernardino — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:55:50 +0000

It's been ongoing since yesterday, apparently.

SourceHut Disrupted by LLM Crawlers

BrunoBernardino — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:19:23 +0000

Article URL: https://status.sr.ht/issues/2026-06-06-llms-again/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48433196

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:50:01 +0000

Thanks, I've pushed a fix for this!

New comment by BrunoBernardino in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

BrunoBernardino — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:21:50 +0000

Kagi is a great product if you're happy with them! Uruky is for people who want ad-free, private, and personalized search, and no AI, while stimulating the European economy. That's not everyone and that's fine!