Show HN: Kerns – A Workspace for Deep, Ongoing Research (opens in new tab)

Deep research rarely happens in a single pass. For high-stakes work, or to deeply understand something, you run many deep researches in parallel, revisit them over time, and synthesize understanding gradually. We combine deep research with other docs.

Kerns is built for this mode of research.

It groups multiple deep researches under a single research area, so follow-ups and side investigations accumulate instead of fragmenting across chats and docs. Outputs are structured so you can start shallow and selectively go deep—because you don’t know upfront which deep researches will matter.

Synthesis is an explicit second step. Kerns helps you connect and reconcile insights across deep researches, grounded in the sourced material rather than one-off summaries. This stage also lets you consult other docs on the same level as deep researches.

Research doesn’t stop once a report is written. Kerns passively keeps your work up to date by monitoring sources and surfacing meaningful changes, so staying current doesn’t require restarting.

Built for researchers, analysts, investors, and serious self-learners doing multi-week or multi-month research where clarity and correctness actually matter.

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