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by voodooEntity 1095 days ago
Im kinda wondering since the complete source is open and hosted and github (with current previews enabled) even has a usefull search - what is the actualy benefit?

Also if you are using goland (not everyone is i know thats why i pointed it out as second argument) you have the complete standard-lib lookup ready via the IDE.

Maybe im missing something and this is usefull but im coding go for several years now and dont see the point
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g-harel 1095 days ago
That's a fair question... ultimately it's possible to get something similar using other tools, but IMO it won't be as easy. Just as a contrived example with a simple query:

https://gothrough.dev/search?q=writer

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agolang%2Fgo+writer&type=c...

The problem I really wanted to solve for myself was primarily discovery for standard interfaces. I don't write Go code as regularly as I'd like and don't have code review from a professional setting.

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