I find DDG is well optimised for software folks and geeks, because it's the main demographic that uses it. It's hard for me to recommend it to my friends though

I find DDG is well optimised for software folks and geeks, because it's the main demographic that uses it. It's hard for me to recommend it to my friends though since often basic queries fail compared to Google, especially with relation to country specific queries like that I'd make here in Australia.