Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by card_zero » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 8:53 PM UTC

jurajstefanic wrote: post #20

card_zero wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I didn't want to copy the whole thing, I wanted to select and copy it myself, as is standard and expected. I don't want a handy search button that sends me to google, either, since I don't use google. If you keep on helping me to do things I didn't want to, I'll have a user experience.

Thanks for the feedback, this makes a lot of sense. I modified it accordingly.

Good job! What you could do is have a whole bunch of different lookup links, behind words instead of buttons, so it isn't mystery meat navigation. Like how Onelook has "Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky".

https://onelook.com/?w=mystery+meat+navigation&loc=rel_phras...

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by Jotalea » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 10:20 PM UTC

The first three words that got into my mind (kernel, Linux, operating system) were not here. I guess this is for another sector of IT?

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by mindwork » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 10:57 PM UTC

I couldn't find anything that I put there: DRY, RBAC, Duck(-typing), Liskov, b-tree

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by jurajstefanic » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 11:29 PM UTC

mindwork wrote: post #23

I couldn't find anything that I put there: DRY, RBAC, Duck(-typing), Liskov, b-tree

Added! If you happen to think of any more, you can use the contribution form to submit them.

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by GauntletWizard » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 2:17 AM UTC

jurajstefanic wrote: post #11

card_zero wrote: post #7

* Successfully looked up RLHF (reinforcement learning from human feedback) * Failed when looking up NIH (not invented here) Hmm. Would you mind devoting the rest of your life to making this dictionary comprehensive, and keeping it updated? Slightly smaller request: could you make it possible to select and copy the definitions?

I’ll do my best to keep it updated regularly! I’ve added the copy functionality now to each definition entry - no need for that extra step of selecting!

You may want to wholesale import The Jargon File. Badly out of date at this point, but surprisingly relevant and of more than moderate value as a historical reference.

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by smusamashah » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 6:07 AM UTC

Are those definitions LLM generated?

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by Izuchukwu-Eric » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 11:31 PM UTC

Great work! I will be needing this

Re: Show HN: I converted my notebook into a searchable database of IT keywords

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Post by atmanactive » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 11:17 AM UTC

jurajstefanic wrote: post #12

atmanactive wrote: post #8

This is great. Thanks for this. The only thing I'm missing is the automatic dark mode (respecting operating system's dark/light theme). If you want I could add that in a pull request.

Thanks! Great suggestion. Feel free to open a pull request and add it.

I did. Seven days ago. No response from you.