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i want to publicly thank Algolia for providing an excellent HN search for so long. i was on a call with Linus Lee and we both were referencing something on HN a
by swyx 2y ago
i want to publicly thank Algolia for providing an excellent HN search for so long. i was on a call with Linus Lee and we both were referencing something on HN and i started pulling it up and he said "i know exactly what website you're on" without seeing my screen and it was of course the Algolia HN search. unbelievable mind sync.
Idk if it can be replaced (i guess i could do with semantic search + content crawling to start?), but even if it is replaced, Algolia will always have a special place in my heart for doing such a great job for free. thank you whoever worked on it (Algolians - is there a behind the scenes writeup somewhere?)
- squeaky-clean 2y agoIt is free, but Algolia is a YCombinator backed company (YC W14) so for them it's probably very useful as a sort of low-stakes phase-1-prod environment. Basically a win-win-win.
- davisr 2y agoNow, if only it could be used without necessitating JavaScript...
- MrVandemar 2y agoYeah, I always have to turn it on to search for something. It's a pain. It's friction. Javascript is not required for search. It has never been required for search. Google. Yahoo. Alta Vista. They worked fine without it back in the day.
- rudasn 2y agoGoogle still works without javascript.
- dankwizard 2y agoReferencing something on HN and then being amazed youre both thinking about the HN search engine... Unbelievable mind sync.