Hndex.org
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search engine
SHOW HN2020
442points
78comments
#64of 3,028 in 2020
Top 3%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 10 mixed, 4 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Idea: 9 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast results and clean UI
From 3 comments
Holy crap this is fast! At first I was mildly disappointed it wasn't a live search like hn.algolia.com, but I was seriously not expecting the results page to load so quickly. I…
arc-in-space on HNIt's fast and light weight! What stack are you using? My only wish is that it should be possible to sort chronologically.
z3t4 on HNThis is fantastic. Way better than the Algolia search which seems to be the most "official" one. I love that you cached the article content too.
reactchain on HN
Finds articles HN and Algolia miss by indexing linked article content
From 3 comments
I spend a lot of time trying to find articles I once read on here via Google with... ``` site:news.ycombinator.com some term ``` ...but a many times "some term" is not in the…
mcovalt on HNThis is fantastic. Way better than the Algolia search which seems to be the most "official" one. I love that you cached the article content too.
reactchain on HNSo many articles found that are gone from the original sites, but still readable from the cached version, that's pretty useful!
tucif on HN
Cached copies of articles that have since disappeared
From 2 comments
So many articles found that are gone from the original sites, but still readable from the cached version, that's pretty useful!
tucif on HNI love the option to view cached versions of websites. This is a nice project. Thank you, Mcovalt.
Kelamir on HN
Objections
Many results link to dead pages
From 2 comments
Neat project. It’s a bit depressing how many of the article links don’t work anymore. For example, only the official signal vs noise article works on the first page of results…
1123581321 on HNSo many articles found that are gone from the original sites, but still readable from the cached version, that's pretty useful!
tucif on HN
Results lack dates, points and comment counts
From 3 comments
Thanks for making it. great resource. Two things: 1. Show dates in results. 2. Are results better than searching on Google with "site:news.ycombinator.com"
zerop on HNcan i sort by date? i searched for kubernetes and the first page results were from 2016.
nelsonenzo on HNYes, with so much context missing from the results it's pretty confusing. Ideally for this to be useful I'd want date on HN, date of article (although I see that'd perhaps be…
nmstoker on HN
Some submissions, including recent ones, are missing from the index
From 3 comments
What is the criteria for an article getting into the index? To test it out I tried several of my submissions and could only find one in the index.
city41 on HNVery cool! How frequently does it index the HN content? I've just tried searching for DevComrade which I submitted 14hrs ago and nothing shows up.
noseratio on HNTried to find an article from earlier this week, no dice. https://hndex.org/?q=open%20source%20security https://hndex.org/?q=openssf Great idea, I appreciate how fast it returns…
IncludeSecurity on HN
Requests
Show dates in results
From 3 comments
Thanks for making it. great resource. Two things: 1. Show dates in results. 2. Are results better than searching on Google with "site:news.ycombinator.com"
zerop on HNWhat stack did you use to make this? Ps: show the date / age of the posts on the results page
chvid on HNThis is absolutely fantastic, is there any way to display the dates on the cached version and/or result?
antihero on HN
Add sorting by date and filters for date range
From 3 comments
can i sort by date? i searched for kubernetes and the first page results were from 2016.
nelsonenzo on HNCould you add post points and how much time since/when was the article posted? It would help as some topics do not age as well as others. Having sorting (most popular, most…
smhmd on HNIt's fast and light weight! What stack are you using? My only wish is that it should be possible to sort chronologically.
z3t4 on HN
Show HN points and comment counts
From 3 comments
Yes, with so much context missing from the results it's pretty confusing. Ideally for this to be useful I'd want date on HN, date of article (although I see that'd perhaps be…
nmstoker on HNawesome! would be great to have a submissiondate/votes/num comments/link to the hn submission in the results!
asdf333 on HNVery nice. Works as expected. I stumbled about two things that could be improved: - Add a search Button for convenient mobile use or if a user copy pasts things into to the…
lhoff on HN
Dark mode
From 1 comment
Beautiful! Please consider adding a dark mode option.
disqard on HN
Open source code or API
From 2 comments
This is neat! - What is your stack? - How often is your database updated? - And will it be open source in the future?
1f60c on HNWould you be willing to provide an API for this service?
dennisy on HN
Questions
What stack and architecture is used
From 4 comments
this is great whats the stack / architecture you built this with? Would love some insights. I often find myself searching HN for opinions on different technologies over time and…
wh-uws on HNWhat stack did you use to make this? Ps: show the date / age of the posts on the results page
chvid on HNI would love to see the source and/or a write up about the stack used here. I've thought about making something similar, but got distracted while in the planning phase.
gkhartman on HNHi Matt, can you provide any details on the code/backend?
sarosh on HN
How often the index is updated and what the inclusion criteria are
From 3 comments
This is neat! - What is your stack? - How often is your database updated? - And will it be open source in the future?
1f60c on HNWhat is the criteria for an article getting into the index? To test it out I tried several of my submissions and could only find one in the index.
city41 on HNVery cool! How frequently does it index the HN content? I've just tried searching for DevComrade which I submitted 14hrs ago and nothing shows up.
noseratio on HN
How ranking works
From 1 comment
Neat project. It’s a bit depressing how many of the article links don’t work anymore. For example, only the official signal vs noise article works on the first page of results…
1123581321 on HN
Alternatives named
hn.algolia.com
From 2 comments
There's also Algolia, https://hn.algolia.com
walterbell on HNWhat does this offer over https://hn.algolia.com? (Algolia was backed by YC btw)
edjrage on HN
Google with site:news.ycombinator.com
From 2 comments
Thanks for making it. great resource. Two things: 1. Show dates in results. 2. Are results better than searching on Google with "site:news.ycombinator.com"
zerop on HNI spend a lot of time trying to find articles I once read on here via Google with... ``` site:news.ycombinator.com some term ``` ...but a many times "some term" is not in the…
mcovalt on HN
Falcon browser history extension
From 1 comment
There's also Falcon[1] Chrome extension which does full text indexing on your browser history so if you read something and can't either Google it or find it in the browser's…
adaszko on HN