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Show HN: Sidekick – the fastest browser built for work

11 points by chrismessina 6y ago

pushkarev 6y ago
Hello Hacker News community. Sidekick maker is here :). Feel free to ask any question, and support us on Product Hunt if you like the product and believe in our mission. Thank you, it would mean a world to me an our entire team.
- andydone 6y ago
  Hi. Since the very early days I have been telling many of my friends that browser for teams is a brilliant idea. Happy you’re keep doing. Best wishes. I’ll be advocating for it in the teams I’m involved to.
chrismessina 6y ago
Was happy to hunt Sidekick on behalf of Dmitry Pushkarev. Love seeing browser innovation (built on Chromium), and the aspects Sidekick emphasizes make sense: * Smarter approach to working with web-apps * Built-in tab/memory management * Cross-app unified search * Support for multi-auth * Privacy enhancements * Workspace organizer tools
codegladiator 6y ago
Question: Any details on the AI memory manager mentioned in the video ?
- pushkarev 6y ago
  Basically it learns (locally, no data is sent to the cloud) how you use tabs, and tries to predict whether you will need a given tab in the nearest future. If you don't - it would unload this tab (with a few exceptions) from memory so that it won't be lost from your tabstrip, but won't consume memory and CPU resources. Think of the Great Suspender on steroids that constantly gets better over time.
lisovoy88 6y ago
cool. I just have installed Sidekick, and started testing. Looks promising
- pushkarev 6y ago
  Terrific, feel free to ask questions here.
Neurodeus 6y ago
For those who works with data
vzlondon 6y ago
Such a great idea! Great quality of service that everyone actually need for efficient workflow. Highly recommend to check and test it.
danila-simonov 6y ago
Amazing project, I've been tracking your progress since March :) Product of the day is a great milestone. Good luck with fast growth, your product deserves it :)
kvinogradov 6y ago
I had been using Google Chrome for ages and permanently tried various extensions and other browser projects. Only Sidekick managed to become a new default browser for me due to its incredible speed and UX.
dikozh 6y ago
Really fast and easy to use.
stepan_ 6y ago
Like the idea of the Spotlight across all the services. Does it index any data for the quick search?
- pushkarev 6y ago
  It indexes history, and documents for most commonly used services (like Google docs, Messenger or Notion) - but it's all done locally, personal data is never sent to the backend.
the_decider 6y ago
Really cool!
throwaway888abc 6y ago
>Sidekick never sells access to your data. No, thanks. I don't want to share with you.
zoomers 6y ago
Nice! Sharing access is a good idea
lakovnikova 6y ago
I've downloaded Sidekick and now testing it for work. Seems convenient for a digital marketer like me who spends hours switching between a bunch of Google Docs tabs, emails and messengers. Really enjoying, thank you!
kelsolaar 6y ago
Just saw that on Product Hunt, came to see the comments on HN, and quite surprisingly they seem very generic and those one would found in fake reviews and/or voting rings.

11 points by chrismessina 6y ago

Hello Hacker News community. Sidekick maker is here :). Feel free to ask any question, and support us on Product Hunt if you like the product and believe in our mission. Thank you, it would mean a world to me an our entire team.

andydone 6y ago
Hi. Since the very early days I have been telling many of my friends that browser for teams is a brilliant idea. Happy you’re keep doing. Best wishes. I’ll be advocating for it in the teams I’m involved to.

chrismessina 6y ago

Was happy to hunt Sidekick on behalf of Dmitry Pushkarev. Love seeing browser innovation (built on Chromium), and the aspects Sidekick emphasizes make sense: * Smarter approach to working with web-apps * Built-in tab/memory management * Cross-app unified search * Support for multi-auth * Privacy enhancements * Workspace organizer tools

codegladiator 6y ago

Question: Any details on the AI memory manager mentioned in the video ?

pushkarev 6y ago
Basically it learns (locally, no data is sent to the cloud) how you use tabs, and tries to predict whether you will need a given tab in the nearest future. If you don't - it would unload this tab (with a few exceptions) from memory so that it won't be lost from your tabstrip, but won't consume memory and CPU resources. Think of the Great Suspender on steroids that constantly gets better over time.

lisovoy88 6y ago

cool. I just have installed Sidekick, and started testing. Looks promising

pushkarev 6y ago
Terrific, feel free to ask questions here.

Neurodeus 6y ago

For those who works with data

vzlondon 6y ago

Such a great idea! Great quality of service that everyone actually need for efficient workflow. Highly recommend to check and test it.

danila-simonov 6y ago

Amazing project, I've been tracking your progress since March :) Product of the day is a great milestone. Good luck with fast growth, your product deserves it :)

kvinogradov 6y ago

I had been using Google Chrome for ages and permanently tried various extensions and other browser projects. Only Sidekick managed to become a new default browser for me due to its incredible speed and UX.

dikozh 6y ago

Really fast and easy to use.

stepan_ 6y ago

Like the idea of the Spotlight across all the services. Does it index any data for the quick search?

pushkarev 6y ago
It indexes history, and documents for most commonly used services (like Google docs, Messenger or Notion) - but it's all done locally, personal data is never sent to the backend.

the_decider 6y ago

Really cool!

throwaway888abc 6y ago

>Sidekick never sells access to your data. No, thanks. I don't want to share with you.

zoomers 6y ago

Nice! Sharing access is a good idea

lakovnikova 6y ago

I've downloaded Sidekick and now testing it for work. Seems convenient for a digital marketer like me who spends hours switching between a bunch of Google Docs tabs, emails and messengers. Really enjoying, thank you!

kelsolaar 6y ago

Just saw that on Product Hunt, came to see the comments on HN, and quite surprisingly they seem very generic and those one would found in fake reviews and/or voting rings.