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Either someone forgot about the special algolia account for HN, or cost cutting, which idk why they would need to cut costs this much as they charge a lot of $$
by JoshGlazebrook 3y ago
Either someone forgot about the special algolia account for HN, or cost cutting, which idk why they would need to cut costs this much as they charge a lot of $$$$$ for their product.
- generic92034 3y agoThere is no cost too small or inconvenience for others too great that a controller cannot get a bonus by cutting the cost. ;)
- generic92034 3y agoAnd while that happens often enough, it is not what happened here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37822259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37822259
- dan-robertson 3y agoI assume it was an error. I would also assume algolia provides search “for free” because it’s great marketing for them — the search works very well imo, and I only knew about it because of HN.
- diggan 3y agoAlso great for YC, Algolia is W14 batch
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoIt is very likely HN doesn't pay them and algolia did this for marketing.