Airbnb without the fees

rise and shine! Welcome back to the Leaderboard. In today's issue, we got a way to avoid those pesky Airbnb cleaning fees, a new video model that is too realistic, and a product that makes every site look like it came straight out of the 90s.

OpenBnB is a browser extension that finds direct booking links while you're browsing Airbnb listings. Just install it, browse like usual, and it surfaces the host’s official site so you can skip the middleman—and the markup.

🔥 Our take: Airbnb used to feel scrappy. Now it’s cleaning fees, service fees, and a checkout list longer than your stay. OpenBnB taps into what everyone’s already thinking: “Is there a cheaper way to book this?” It’s not trying to kill Airbnb—it’s just making it easier to dodge the fees no one wants to talk about.

Runway Gen-4 is the newest version of Runway’s video generation model. It creates smoother, more realistic footage and finally remembers what it generated before—characters, objects, and even camera angles hold together across shots.

🔥 Our take: AI video usually falls apart the second you ask for consistency. Gen-4 actually holds its own. It feels less like generating clips and more like building a scene. Still not perfect, but for the first time, you can imagine someone using this to tell a real story.

Geocities.live transforms any website into a 90s internet fever dream. Think auto-playing music, tiled GIFs, visitor counters, and fonts that should be illegal. It’s all generated with AI and one click.

🔥 Our take: The web used to be weird. Now every site looks like it went to the same design bootcamp. Geocities.live doesn’t just parody that—it breaks it on purpose. It reminds you there was a time when personal sites were actually personal. It’s ridiculous, over-the-top, and exactly the kind of internet chaos we could use more of.

Even a great AI dev hits its limits—and that’s what this thread’s about.

Hyuntak Lee asked where Cursor couldn’t quite deliver, and the responses were honest but thoughtful. One dev had it suggest restarting a project entirely, only to later fix the bug with a few tweaks. Another said Cursor feels like a super capable intern—great most of the time, but occasionally too eager.

A few mentioned edge cases, context loss, or chain-reaction edits that solved one thing and broke three others. But no one was rage quitting. It was more like: this tool is powerful, but sometimes you still need to double check its work.

Building with Cursor? This thread’s full of tips for where to keep a closer eye.