Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to User Defencers: We Are Not Our Users with Nikkel Blaase
Nikkel Blaase reminds us that we are not our users.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. User Defencers: We Are Not Our Users with Nikkel Blaase launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Author here. This site lets you put in a username and get the users with the most similar writing style to that user. It confirmed several users who I suspected were alts and after informally asking around has identified abandoned accounts of people I know from many years ago. I made this site mostly to show how easy this is and how it can erode online privacy. If some guy with a little bit of Python, and $8 to rent a decent dedicated server for a day can make this, imagine what a company with millions of dollars and a couple dozen PhD linguists could do. Here's Paul Graham:…
2022 · stylometry.net · its alternatives →
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Remain human in a robotic world and design with compassion.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Designers need to feel a little bit more pain.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Jordan Dobson inspires us to never stop learning...
2016 · its alternatives →
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And how Typeform is making things "a little more human".
2016 · its alternatives →
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David Demaree reminds us of the value of simplicity.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Chris Coyier inspires us to build for ourselves, too.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Strive to keep sentimental quality of products in the future
2016 · its alternatives →
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Ashley Karr says we can’t be exceptional at generalizing.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Francisco Inchauste teaches us the best design is invisible
2016 · its alternatives →
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Jeffrey Zeldman inspires us to stay enchanted in our work.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Is your UI an inconsiderate selfish jerk?
2016 · its alternatives →
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Austin Knight articulates importance of healthy work culture
2016 · its alternatives →
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Life, learning, and startups.
2016 · its alternatives →
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2012 · idego.co · its alternatives →
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Zaplens▲8Simulate real users and fix your UX 100x faster & cheaper
Jun 2026 · zaplens.site · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm Cristina from CommandBar (YC S20). You've heard how lack of focus kills startups. We were afraid of this too. So for the past 3 years, we built “user assistance” tools for desktop and web apps only. (Stuff like an embedded Copilot trained on your product, cmd+k search, nudges, etc.) It took a lot of self-convincing but we’ve decided to finally launch all of this for mobile today too. In hindsight, we actually regret not doing it sooner. The more we dug into customer feedback, the more we realized how much more pronounced the problems we're solving on desktop are on mweb and native…
2023 · commandbar.com · its alternatives →
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Are software products killing you?
2017 · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone, I doubt this would be relevant to the kind of person who uses HN, but I thought I could share for some feedback. I built this site because there is a whole world of people who believe in new age spirituality and I am very much one of them. It is a site where you get the users gender their goals and their images and use AI and psychology to generate images of them in the process of achieving their goals. I am so deeply struggling with how to get this highly on Google. I don't even know if that is important anymore. What are your suggestions with distribution and getting in…
2025 · visionboardsai.com · its alternatives →
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AI search results are quickly becoming more important than SEO, but as businesses, we have no visibility over it! That's why I'm building "Ahrefs for AI search results". Track keyword performance on AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity & more
2025 · linrush.com · its alternatives →
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Hello! I just made my first web app with Sinatra. It is a REST API that helps people add two-step verification to their websites or apps. I am a complete noob in web development so please criticize me and let me know how shitty this whole thing is. :) http://two-step.herokuapp.com/
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