linkding

#.blogit #file #find #houdahspot #search | I've mentioned HoudahSpot plenty of times, but there's an app that's been around since about 2005 that has been continually updated and only costs $6-10 that's worth checking out if you constantly run into hard-to-find files. One major benefit of Find Any File is that it can search your NAS and doesn't rely on Spotlight for indexing. Searches can be a little slow but they are VERY accurate. Allows saving searches and search templates, and can export found files as a list for use in scripting app...

8 months ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Brave Search No Longer Using Bing

#.blogit #brave #duckduckgo #google #search | > Their own index, based on Tailcat, is working better than DuckDuckGo/Bing for me now. Hopefully, Apple will add built-in support to Safari. Worth testing out, even if Brave isn't going to be my primary browser...

1 year ago | View Shared by ttscoff

thetron/StringScore: StringScore is an Objective-C library which provides super fast fuzzy string matching/scoring. Based on the JavaScript library of the same name.

#fuzzy #objc #search #strings | StringScore is an Objective-C library which provides super fast fuzzy string matching/scoring. Based on the JavaScript library of the same name. - thetron/StringScore

3 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

zanjs/fuzzysort: Fast SublimeText-like fuzzy search for JavaScript.

#fuzzy #javascript #search | Fast SublimeText-like fuzzy search for JavaScript.

5 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

OctoSearch

#.blogit #github #search | A crawler that provides full text search of the starred repositories of those who follow you on GitHub. The results are pretty great.

6 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Google Advanced Search Query Syntax

#.blogit #google #search #tips | I know most of these, and I almost exclusively use [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/), but I think anyone who reads this blog is probably interested in some of the advanced search syntax that Google provides.

7 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

“Where’s the App for That?” – Fixing App Store Discovery

#.blogit #apple #appstore #ios #itunes #search | John Voorhees offers a 4600-word piece detailing the shortcomings (and potential fixes) of Apple's App Store search, an issue near and dear to my developer heart.

8 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

List.js

#.blogit #filter #list #search #sort #webdesign | Add search, sort (multiple criteria), and filter to tables, lists and other elements using existing HTML. I've been home-rolling these features for a while, but this library is small and very fast.

8 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Search is Back!

#.blogit #facebook #opengraph #search | Facebook took away many aspects of their Graph Search, but this project from Michael Morgenstern adds back the missing features.

8 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

sift - a fast and powerful open source alternative to grep

#.blogit #cli #grep #search #text #unix | "A fast and powerful open source alternative to grep." I'm currently (still) a Silver Surfer (ag) fan, but this offers some enticing flexibility.

9 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Jets.js

#css #filtering #search #webdesign | Jets.js - Native CSS search engine

9 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Domainr: fast, free, domain name search, short URLs, international domain registration

#domain #registrar #search

9 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Appendix: Google's website crawlers

#.blogit #google #robots #search #seo #webdesign | Did you know you can specifically address Google crawlers with `googlebot` meta tags and classes? I didn't.

9 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Naminum, the ultimate company name, startup name and website name on the web

#.blogit #domainregistrar #domains #naming #search #webapp | This actually offers some really good company name/domain ideas, and can check availability with a click of a suggestion. Gives Hover's name tool a run for its money.

9 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

pidlug/recollfs

#blogit #cli #fuse #recoll #search | This is exactly what [spl](http://brettterpstra.com/2014/05/02/spl-cli-for-spotlight/) originally did, but I changed my mind at the last minute. It's a cool idea that takes the result of a search and creates a folder with symbolic links to the file results. I was using it to make CLI Smart Folders... might revive that.

10 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

lunr.js - A bit like Solr, but much smaller and not as bright

#javascript #json #search

10 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

slashdotdash/jekyll-lunr-js-search

#jekyll #search

10 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Launchbar Actions

#blogit #duckduckgo #launchbar #search | For those of us sticking with LaunchBar, here are some great actions including (for beta 6) a DuckDuckGo search with live search suggestions.

10 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor

#blogit #duckduckgo #search | A great dive into what's behind DuckDuckGo and where it's heading. And why.

10 years ago | View Shared by ttscoff

Phillip Gruneich - Search in Apps with Custom !bangs

#drafts #python #pythonista #search | I’ve been dumping Google for good lately and you can read an overview of my current scenario in my recent AppStorm article. But when you’re on iOS, there’s much more to search than relying on a DuckDuckGo shortcut on Launch Center Pro.