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Glad to see better search tooling for programmers since it's an essential task we do every day. How do you compare yourself to you.com's specialized search engine for developers? https://you.com/code


You.com is too similar to Google imo; we go significantly further than they do in terms of synthesizing explanations. Same goes for snippets; on You.com, you usually need to click on a button (.e.g "Open Side Panel") to get a code snippet which adds friction. Furthermore, they seem to be simply showing the full Stack Overflow page; our approach is to find and rank the most relevant code snippet while offering a "See Reference" button to make it easy to go to the original page.


you.com is a lot more informationally dense, feels quicker to find the right answer, and I rarely have to open a new tab because of the (open side panel) button. Beyond programming, it doesn't seem like I can use hello.so on a regular basis for normal searches compared to Google and you.com.




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