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This effectively made github my second search engine. We should have an AskHN on how to find software in general.

• lostlogin 7y ago
  I’m using multiple search engines more and more. Possibly this is due to me usually bypassing google to avoid the ad laden hits. A view with search results from a few sources comes to mind as a solution. Another back burner project.
  • aliveupstairs 7y ago
    You can do this with browser search engines, but as a DuckDuckGo user, I can !bang search_term (`!gh`, `!github` to search in github.) Now, I think DuckDuckGo is very lacking in terms of Zero-click searching, but if I know where to get information I can !bang to it (e.g., `!hn what`) or if you're feeling luck `\hn what` will open the first search result. Much better than spending an afternoon setting up search engines.
    • wyclif 7y ago
      DDG has an Instant Answer API: https://duckduckgo.com/api https://duckduckgo.com/api
    • legends2k 7y ago
      3 year long user of DDG, never knew about the feeling lucky (\) option.