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168points
52comments
#354of 3,028 in 2020
Top 12%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

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

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

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 HN
    • This is neat. I love the master search for developers fetching content across the reference tools. Looking forward to using this.
      prtkgpt on HN
    • This 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 HN
    • Mac only. Oh well...
      redhale on HN
    • What 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 HN
    • Not 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 HN
    • 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
    • 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 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
  • 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 HN
    • I 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

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