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by andrewljohnson 4915 days ago
This is pretty cool, but it doesn't really feel a need for me.

Google for _split string javascript_ or the other queries, and you'll get basically the same results, just not limited to StackOverflow as howdoi does.

Maybe if I were more married to my command line this would be useful, but in general, I'm only there for bash and git. I spend most of my time in an editor, so popping over to the browser is no more work for me than showing the terminal.

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> so popping over to the browser is no more work for me than showing the terminal.

But parsing a web page to find an precise answer usually takes a while.

I think the appeal of this for me would be that it feels less flow breaking to use my command-line (all work things) than using the browser (mix of work things and distractions.)