Show HN: PyTorch search engine

chris_f wrote: post #3

Here are some more example queries: https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=install+osx&fromSearchBar=tr... https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=save+trained+model https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=check+if+pytorch+is+using+GP...

For the first example the snippet isn't correct, it just says `conda list`. The website (TutorialPoint) it links to is also wrong and useless.

Re: Show HN: PyTorch search engine

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Post by chris_f » Fri, Oct 07, 2022, 9:02 PM UTC

learndeeply wrote: post #4

chris_f wrote: post #3

Here are some more example queries: https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=install+osx&fromSearchBar=tr... https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=save+trained+model https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=check+if+pytorch+is+using+GP...

For the first example the snippet isn't correct, it just says `conda list`. The website (TutorialPoint) it links to is also wrong and useless.

Appreciate the feedback, it is helpful! The relevance tuning is a continuous work in progress.

Re: Show HN: PyTorch search engine

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Post by version_five » Fri, Oct 07, 2022, 10:45 PM UTC

cariaso wrote: post #2

that seems like a super valuable domain being very under used.

I think (at the risk of sounding like a shill; I don't use them) you.com is an interesting search engine that is not very well known. I'd be much happier seeing it be used for that than some we.com type branding play (although I take your point that in the hands of some branding expert it could have maybe a more clear connotation than anything related to search.

Re: Show HN: PyTorch search engine

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Post by p1esk » Fri, Oct 07, 2022, 11:08 PM UTC

chris_f wrote: post #3

Here are some more example queries: https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=install+osx&fromSearchBar=tr... https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=save+trained+model https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=check+if+pytorch+is+using+GP...

Sounds like a good idea, but I'd like to see how is it better than googling these phrases together with pytorch keyword. Not saying it's not better, just not clear if it is.

Re: Show HN: PyTorch search engine

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Post by mendeza » Fri, Oct 07, 2022, 11:34 PM UTC

If you could search through github projects (torchvision, mmdetection, etc) and index high quality pytorch snippets, that would be awesome. I learn a lot about how to manipulate tensors and achieving specific deep learning tasks from GitHub projects, that’s how I answer various questions on how to implement key ideas with pytorch.

Re: Show HN: PyTorch search engine

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Post by chris_f » Fri, Oct 07, 2022, 11:43 PM UTC

p1esk wrote: post #7

chris_f wrote: post #3

Here are some more example queries: https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=install+osx&fromSearchBar=tr... https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=save+trained+model https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=check+if+pytorch+is+using+GP...

Sounds like a good idea, but I'd like to see how is it better than googling these phrases together with pytorch keyword. Not saying it's not better, just not clear if it is.

In the broadest sense, a highly targeted search engine (like this) can provide better results because Google has to determine user search intent AND return the right results from trillions of webpages. The advantage of this search engine is that all of the users are looking for the same type of information, and the result sources can be curated to ensure high quality and relevant results.

The more targeted the topic, the harder the time Google has to provide quality signal through the noise of SEO and sheer volume of content on the web.

In addition to the above, the UI provides some cool features like allowing horizontal scrolling of sources to provider higher information density (important for discovery), and some source content can be viewed in the side pane without leaving the page.

But ultimately it would be good to hear if this approach does make it easier to find relevant and higher quality Pytorch info.

Re: Show HN: PyTorch search engine

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Post by chris_f » Fri, Oct 07, 2022, 11:47 PM UTC

mendeza wrote: post #8

If you could search through github projects (torchvision, mmdetection, etc) and index high quality pytorch snippets, that would be awesome. I learn a lot about how to manipulate tensors and achieving specific deep learning tasks from GitHub projects, that’s how I answer various questions on how to implement key ideas with pytorch.

Good stuff! Github is one of the sources, but not specific repos. I actually think we can break out Github into individual repo sources pretty easily.