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>It was faster to rg to search files This continuously drives me crazy on Windows and macOS. I am befuddled at the number of times where I'm searching for a to

by seemaze 9mo ago

>It was faster to rg to search files This continuously drives me crazy on Windows and macOS. I am befuddled at the number of times where I'm searching for a top level subdirectory that starts with 'foo' but the search bar spins and spins.. Eventually I get fed up and just sort by name and perform an alphabetical visual search in meat-space.

layer8 9mo ago
On Windows, just use Everything: https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/
- roryrjb 9mo ago
  I see this contradiction all the time. Windows is a mess but there are lots of examples of rock solid, performant applications that have been developed and maintained over decades. Everything is one, also one that springs to mind which is much more performant compared to Linux alternatives is WinMerge.
  - fiforpg 9mo ago
    > much more performant compared to Linux alternatives is WinMerge I have found Beyond Compare to be very good on Linux, even on large files/directories.
- SeriousM 9mo ago
  Yes, "Everything" is the tool to use, but to be honest, why isn't MS getting the same speed? I'm a SE for 25 years now, sticking with C#. Microsoft always did great tech platforms and left the missing 20% to the developers. Look at the .net framework (the old one), microsoft windows until win11, office until 2025, and even Excel that can't open csv files because the delimeter is a region setting. On one side I hated this attitude, on the other side it allowed and enabled developers to get their own business running - see jetbrains resharper functionality - visual studio up until 2024 was a mess without it...
- bluecalm 9mo ago
  While Everything is good on Linux you are spoiled with things like fzf or rgfzf (instant fuzzy search on text file content so you can find "TODO" or "ideas to try" in any file instantly).
  - layer8 9mo ago
    Fzf also works on Windows. That being said, most content search I need is for PDFs and Office documents.
    - VHRanger 9mo ago
      paperless-ngx?

by seemaze 9mo ago

layer8 9mo ago

On Windows, just use Everything: https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/

roryrjb 9mo ago
I see this contradiction all the time. Windows is a mess but there are lots of examples of rock solid, performant applications that have been developed and maintained over decades. Everything is one, also one that springs to mind which is much more performant compared to Linux alternatives is WinMerge.
- fiforpg 9mo ago
  > much more performant compared to Linux alternatives is WinMerge I have found Beyond Compare to be very good on Linux, even on large files/directories.
SeriousM 9mo ago
Yes, "Everything" is the tool to use, but to be honest, why isn't MS getting the same speed? I'm a SE for 25 years now, sticking with C#. Microsoft always did great tech platforms and left the missing 20% to the developers. Look at the .net framework (the old one), microsoft windows until win11, office until 2025, and even Excel that can't open csv files because the delimeter is a region setting. On one side I hated this attitude, on the other side it allowed and enabled developers to get their own business running - see jetbrains resharper functionality - visual studio up until 2024 was a mess without it...
bluecalm 9mo ago
While Everything is good on Linux you are spoiled with things like fzf or rgfzf (instant fuzzy search on text file content so you can find "TODO" or "ideas to try" in any file instantly).
- layer8 9mo ago
  Fzf also works on Windows. That being said, most content search I need is for PDFs and Office documents.
  - VHRanger 9mo ago
    paperless-ngx?