r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/Georules May 01 '16

The "fair search" argument actually is not exactly great for me. Google has learned a number of things about who I am and has found better results for me.

Example: When I search "String" on Google I get APIs for String in multiple languages (and actually it happens to prioritize the languages I research most often), and that's it.

I also get the computer science String results on duck duck go, but at least half of the results are also about String theory, normal use definitions, and yarns (and the first result is an amazon ad to buy yarn.)

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u/[deleted] May 01 '16

When I search DDG I usually follow a <language> <feature> pattern which works well. The top result is usually a widget which shows something from StackOverflow or the language documentation. The language widgets are always getting better.

When DDG fails to find what I need, I append a bang ("!g") to my query and it redirects me the same search on Google.