Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by thisisblurry » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:18 PM UTC

Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
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Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by bdonlan » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:26 PM UTC

It's too bad about code search - that was really helpful for finding example code (and linking to specific snippets of code within open-source projects!)

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:27 PM UTC

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Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by kpozin » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:29 PM UTC

This is awful. Code Search is an indispensable tool for finding reference code and real-world uses of various libraries. I don't know of anything on par with it.

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by CJefferson » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:29 PM UTC

I'm very disappointed to see google code search go.

It was very useful (for me at least, don't read this as a comment on the whole committee / process) in finishing the new C++ standard, and answering the question "Well, did anyone ever really write code like X?" (the answer was usually yes).

Buzz makes a lot of sense, although I imagine some users will be disappointed it couldn't be more 'cleanly' imported into google+.

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by lithiumn » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:38 PM UTC

Hate to see code search go. I always found it useful when having problems with some less-well documented libraries to see how they were used in the real world.

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by mcfunley » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:39 PM UTC

I used code search just yesterday. Super lame.

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by icefox » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:39 PM UTC

CJefferson wrote: post #5

I'm very disappointed to see google code search go. It was very useful (for me at least, don't read this as a comment on the whole committee / process) in finishing the new C++ standard, and answering the question "Well, did anyone ever really write code like X?" (the answer was usually yes). Buzz makes a lot of sense, although I imagine some users will be disappointed it couldn't be more 'cleanly' imported into goog…

Same here on google code. I have used it on multiple occasions to find out how users are using a class or API to get a feel for what API was actually used for. Not to mention when learning a new API having the ability to see real world usage was always helpful. Not to mention the ease of finding apps that had security issues in codebases after it was found. Anyone know of a replacement for this?

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by spiffistan » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:41 PM UTC

There's a competitor to google code search at least: http://www.koders.com/

Actually, I'm kinda glad they're phasing stuff out. It shows courage to do that, a lesson probably hard learned at google. They have a myriad of products, but would probably do much better with them if they thoroughly finished them before release.

Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search

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Post by dustingetz » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:41 PM UTC

buzz was awesome for link sharing via a bookmarklet to my professional audience (compare to facebook bookmarklet for life stuff). plus isn't there yet -- plus doesn't expose RSS feeds to work with my audience's existing workflows. damn.

any word on a plus RSS api? i want my stream, and i want my +1 feed. i was looking into the +1 stream yesterday, seems like google made it as hard as possible to hit from javascript -- nonstandard http post, no JSONP = i don't know if its possible to do client-side. damn x2.