Can confirm. judyrecords is built on a near framework-less monolith in PHP + 2 search servers. Searches complete within 100 milliseconds and SRPs return in less than 15 milliseconds on average. Runs a trimmed down version of CodeIgniter 2 (released in 2012) updated to run on PHP 8.2. Still got the CI 2 profiler.
"Kagi shopping results have no affiliate links and feature the most helpful, unbiased reviews."
This is a breath of fresh air. Ever since CNN Underscored started being a thing, I've grown to dislike more and more the swamp of affiliate link promoting content.
Some concent creaters on YouTube for example (like randomfrankp), are able pull it off, but deeply affects the credibility of most content.
The equivalent (the heir) of that 'con' in the anglosphere is the four letter word that seemingly is only allowed to the East-End, to Peter Cook, and makes everybody else below the Hadrian's wall faint.
Seems maybe we're both on the same wavelength about hardware and software being underdeveloped still compared to possible visions for its use. I was personally thinking at least, that we won't get to a point where people will want to live in a virtual world by default no matter how good the technology.
Even if there's enough interest to attract some successful business, I don't think it will fundamentally break out from niche use cases.
