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> Duckduckgo is a nice alternative, but how many programmers actually use it to find answers to programming questions? At least one. I’ve been using DDG exclus
by the_other 5y ago
> Duckduckgo is a nice alternative, but how many programmers actually use it to find answers to programming questions?
At least one. I’ve been using DDG exclusively for two or three years now. If I’m really stuck, I go straight to StackOverflow.
- larusso 5y agoAlso count me in. I switched 4 or 5 years ago and never had much issues finding answers to my programming questions.
- Gabrys1 5y agoSame here. Whenever the results (software related or not) are bad, I try Google search instead, but I can't remember the last time the results from Google were any better (ergo, there's no point in using Google search for me anymore)
- duncan-donuts 5y agoYeah this is a tired argument from the early days of ddg. Back in the day it was really bad for programming but these days it’s on par with Google at worst and usually better. I’ve used ddg almost exclusively since 2012/2013.
- erdo 5y agoYep same, maybe 4 years just using ddg. About once or twice a year I'll try a Google search if I'm really getting nowhere (sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't)