marcoaapfortes

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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Thank you! have you tried it yet?
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   I think there’s a misunderstanding of mantic.sh architecture... The “weights” as you described in Mantic.sh are not neural network weights. They’re deterministic ranking heuristics, similar to what IDE file pickers use. For example, extensi
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Thanks for the correction, you’re right that I mixed up LGPL and AGPL there. I haven’t updated the license yet but I plan to adjust it so it better matches the usage model and doesn’t create the “everything must be open source” issue you me
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Working on it right now
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Thank you! I shipped a new version with the correct license
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Thanks for trying it! This sounds like a bug. Mantic.sh supports all languages (Python, Rust, Go, Java, etc.) it's language-agnostic since it ranks files by path/filename, not content. A few debugging questions: - What query did y
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Correct! The key insight isn't the algorithm itself—it's that structural metadata is enough. Traditional tools assume you need semantic understanding (embeddings), but we found that path structure + filename + recency gets you 90%
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   Thanks for the detailed bug report, both issues are fixed in v1.0.15! Chromium timeout - Increased default to 30s (configurable via MANTIC_TIMEOUT). Now completes ~23s on 481k files. Ranking (extract exports) - Added two-pass scoring, ul
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   by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

   I also got chrome, let me check and I'll get back to you
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    by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

    Mantic is absolutely an MCP server! The installation is documented right at the top of the README with one-click install buttons: For Cursor: Click the "Install in Cursor" badge at the top of the README, or Use this deep link: ht
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    by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

    You're absolutely right, it wasn't implemented, just documented. Thanks for catching that! I just shipped v1.0.13 (literally 5 minutes ago) that implements all three environment variables: • MANTIC_IGNORE_PATTERNS - Custom glob pa
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    by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

    Actually, I haven't used JetBrains, didn't know they did something similar until now! This came from a different angle I read about how the human brain operates on ~20 watts yet processes information incredibly efficiently. That g
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    by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

    Fair point the README focuses more on benchmarks than implementation here's the short version: 1. Use `git ls-files` instead of walking the filesystem (huge speed win - dropped Chromium 59GB scan from 6.6s to 0.46s) 2. Parse each file
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    by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

    No embeddings at all, neither stored nor on-the-fly. Instead of converting queries to vectors, Mantic.sh uses structural inference, it ranks files based on path components, folder depth, naming patterns, and git metadata. So "stripe we
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    by marcoaapfortes 9mo ago

    Thanks for the kind words and for giving Mantic.sh a spin, excited to hear how it works for your personal assistant! The cost estimates were rough illustrations for high-usage cloud setups (100 devs × 100 searches/day = ~3.65M queries&
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    Show HN: Mantic.sh – A structural code search engine for AI agents(github.com)

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