This exactly. I'm looking for commodity parts, I don't want to preemptively narrow that search. Also often times you'll find some great component on e.g. Maxim

This exactly. I'm looking for commodity parts, I don't want to preemptively narrow that search. Also often times you'll find some great component on e.g. Maxim's website, only to find no one distributes it, so it's effectively useless in the immediate sense.