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How HN took it
9 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Execution: 1 for, 7 againstIdea: 3 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea that reduces context switching for developers.
From 3 comments
I like the idea of in-IDE search to avoid context switch. However, I can only see the top-voted answer and can't even see what the question was. So I had to click on the link and…
tracyhenry on HNThis is neat. I love the master search for developers fetching content across the reference tools. Looking forward to using this.
prtkgpt on HNThis is cool! Simple and solves a real problem. Good job!
nvilcins on HN
Native Mac app feels fast and polished.
From 1 comment
Why not? The UX of a native App can be 10x better, when I’m programming I’m 100% of my time on a Mac. Why I should use a lesser medium like a web browser? Kudos to the developer
mromanuk on HN
Objections
Mac only; Windows and Linux users excluded.
From 3 comments
Okay good for you, meanwhile the other 90% of the developer world using Windows and Linux are excluded because they can’t use this application to search websites...
lloydatkinson on HNMac only. Oh well...
redhale on HNWhat on earth? A Mac only application, that searches websites anyway? Why is it not a web based search engine?
lloydatkinson on HN
Search results not always accurate or relevant.
From 2 comments
I downloaded it, installed it, searched for "SwiftUI button". The correct answer was the 3rd result. The first two results weren't even relevant at all. I love the concept but…
joeblau on HN> It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. This is actually from an Incognito window (same result in Firefox):…
kelsolaar on HN
Requires internet; no offline docs support.
From 2 comments
Does it work without the internet? As of right now I'm using Dash to search the docs of every language I use and stack overflow while I'm offline for maximum focus.
drenvuk on HNNot currently. It wouldn't make sense. We use Google search API and GitHub API to give you results.
mlejva on HN
Requests
Linux and Windows versions.
From 3 comments
Don't have a mac, but looking forward to testing it on linux!
davidbensoussan on HNI'm already using https://devdocs.io that aggregates a lot of docs pretty neatly, but would love to try your project when it arrives on Linux.
sambf on HNOkay good for you, meanwhile the other 90% of the developer world using Windows and Linux are excluded because they can’t use this application to search websites...
lloydatkinson on HN
Integration with launchers like Alfred.
From 2 comments
This is neat! Did not have much luck searching for that on neither SO or Github "python unique list values ordered". The first answer on Google is what I would expect:…
kelsolaar on HN> It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. This is actually from an Incognito window (same result in Firefox):…
kelsolaar on HN
Show more question context in the app without opening a browser.
From 1 comment
I like the idea of in-IDE search to avoid context switch. However, I can only see the top-voted answer and can't even see what the question was. So I had to click on the link and…
tracyhenry on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Is it opensource?
rvalue on HN
How does it compare to Dash?
From 1 comment
I used to use Dash [0] all of the time when I was traveling a lot because I loved having all of the relevant docs and stack overflow questions available offline. How does your…
kevsim on HN
Alternatives named
Dash
From 2 comments
I used to use Dash [0] all of the time when I was traveling a lot because I loved having all of the relevant docs and stack overflow questions available offline. How does your…
kevsim on HNI think Dash has a lot going for it despite not being cross-platform. I switch between nvim, xcode and pycharm throughout the day and like being able to look up a term without…
jamil7 on HN
Zeal
From 1 comment
While Dash isn't cross platform, there is Zeal https://zealdocs.org/ which works on Windows, Linux and macOS. It's very similar.
nickjj on HN
DevDocs
From 1 comment
I'm already using https://devdocs.io that aggregates a lot of docs pretty neatly, but would love to try your project when it arrives on Linux.
sambf on HN
cheat.sh
From 1 comment
``` curl cheat.sh/python+unique+list+values+ordered ``` returns the most-upvoted answer on that SO question. With the Free vim plugin¹, typing the question into your code buffer…
boogies on HN