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Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
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Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#32Good idea. Although it seems it's language querying is pretty poor.
If I specifically list Python/Javascript the first couple results are not even in that language, 3rd/4th are. And you have to click link/see reference to even see the language
You would think if your language is included in the query it should be heavily prioritised
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#33Would this be useful as a vscode plugin perhaps? I would much rather search this on an IDE imo but I am just one random dude.
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#34Not to be too critical but the results I got so far have been subpar. Seeing a lot of hyperbole/clickbait articles.
Let's say I'm searching for front-end frameworks. Each article has the word "best" in the title, yet doesn't link to resources like State of JS, Stack Overflow Survey or other similar sites. So, in this context "best" is subjective. I can't be bothered with subjective results when I'm trying to find out what is actually considered "best" or in this case popular.
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#35Good idea. Although it seems it's language querying is pretty poor. If I specifically list Python/Javascript the first couple results are not even in that language, 3rd/4th are. And you have to click link/see reference to even see the language You would think if your language is included in the query it should be heavily prioritised
Thanks for the feedback. Could you post what queries you tried?
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#36https://beta.sayhello.so/search?q=how+to+base64+encode+a+str...
Query: how to base64 encode a string in ruby
Response: I'm not sure what you mean by "base64 encode a string in ruby" - that's a bit of a misnomer. Base64 encoding is a way of storing data in a form that can be decoded by a human. It's not a secure way to store data, but it's useful if you want to send a message to someone who doesn't understand the language you're using.
The right answer is in the third link provided but it's not exactly correct.
Google gives back the Ruby Module Base64 docs as the first hit.
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#37Not to be too critical but the results I got so far have been subpar. Seeing a lot of hyperbole/clickbait articles. Let's say I'm searching for front-end frameworks. Each article has the word "best" in the title, yet doesn't link to resources like State of JS, Stack Overflow Survey or other similar sites. So, in this context "best" is subjective. I can't be bothered with subjective results when I'm trying to find out…
Those articles are coming from Bing as of right now. Our offering is based on analyzing those articles and summarizing them/picking out the most relevant parts. We definitely plan to augment (and eventually replace Bing) with our own index.
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#38Would this be useful as a vscode plugin perhaps? I would much rather search this on an IDE imo but I am just one random dude.
We've actually had a bit of feedback related to IDE integration. We're focusing on developing the search technology itself right now but vscode plugin could be interesting to look at in the future.
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#39https://beta.sayhello.so/search?q=how+to+base64+encode+a+str... Query: how to base64 encode a string in ruby Response: I'm not sure what you mean by "base64 encode a string in ruby" - that's a bit of a misnomer. Base64 encoding is a way of storing data in a form that can be decoded by a human. It's not a secure way to store data, but it's useful if you want to send a message to someone who doesn't understand the lang…
Our index is based on Bing as of right now -- if they give us low-quality results, our generated answers will be low quality as well. We're definitely aware of this and are working on developing our own index to augment Bing's in cases like this.
Re: Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers
#40I see whole solutions copied from other websites displayed on your site. Is that legal? Isn't there copyright on those?
I would hope it's not legal.
> Hello pulls in the raw text from all five search results linked on the search page to generate...
Not to be negative but I think I'll stick to the sites and people that made the results and not a middleman that intends to charge for other people's work.