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https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ does the job pretty well!

• SparkyMcUnicorn 9y ago
  The brand new https://hacker-search.net https://hacker-search.net isn't bad either.
• gnicholas 9y ago
  Also, you can easily search HN in Chrome: start typing news.ycombinator.com, it will be ready for autocomplete, and it will say in grey text "Press [tab] to search HN". The results show up from algolia. If only there were a way to make the default search order recency instead of popularity — most of my searching is before posting something, to make sure it hasn't already been posted.
  • zulln 9y ago
    The search bar at the bottom of news.ycombinator.com also takes you to that site.
  • oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
    Weirdly, the default values for the search url are slightly different from what the Chrome search populates them with. The 'address bar search' defaults 'dateRange' to 'all', whilst the script itself defaults 'dateRange' to 'last24h'. Does anyone know how the Chrome address bar search is implemented?
• DanBC 9y ago
  Yes, I used to be critical of the search but it's actually pretty good. I do wish there was a way I could set the defaults. I almost always want to search comments and sort by date.