The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep • Hacker News Board

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by asdfadsfaf » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC

I don't get it how can I search anything but the file name?

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by molszanski » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:35 AM UTC

siva7 wrote: post #6

neogoose wrote: post #2

I have open sourced the fastest code search implementation. Comprehensive SDK for both file finder and grep file search that is over 100x faster than ripgrep

I don't get this submission title. Your tool uses regex but the title claims the future is not about regex.

I think it is about input. Before I had to type regex, now I just type text and fuzzy finds more, regex style. Awkward wording, but code seems cool.

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by dig1 » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC

ctags, GNU Global and even "ugrep -Q" would like to have a few words with you ;)

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by swiftcoder » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:40 AM UTC

Is there a write up of the underlying approach? The summary on the repo mentioned SIMD, but not a whole lot else.

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by pjmlp » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC

It has never been ripgrep for decades for those of us on IDEs.

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by forrestthewoods » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC

Websites that don’t tell me what they’re doing are infuriating. I’m on mobile. This landing page experience is awful.

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by wiseowise » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC

The future is lack of scrolling on mobile, and scanning getting stuck, apparently.

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by hugodan » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC

Why do all vibecoded sites look the same? Same black on neon vibes and button styles

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by stunpix » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 8:20 AM UTC

forrestthewoods wrote: post #16

Websites that don’t tell me what they’re doing are infuriating. I’m on mobile. This landing page experience is awful.

For desktops it's not different.

Re: The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep

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Post by gzread » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #15

It has never been ripgrep for decades for those of us on IDEs.

Has there been a general gentle decline in IDEs over the past 15 years or is it just me?