Ask HN: Why HN doesn't have a search function?

by system2 on 4/7/2025, 5:57:52 PM with 5 comments
OK I saw it.

  • by selfhoster11 on 4/7/2025, 5:58:46 PM

    It does. Look at the bottom of the footer.

  • by rfarley04 on 4/7/2025, 6:02:26 PM

    Algolia search at the bottom of the page is pretty good. Use a site: search via Kagi/Google if you want to keyword search comments though

  • by JojoFatsani on 4/7/2025, 9:17:15 PM

    You’ll probably get better results if you use Google to search the site

  • by 7bit on 4/7/2025, 5:59:24 PM

    They have. Scroll down.

  • by xlinux on 4/7/2025, 6:04:29 PM

    when you search for "recession" Algolia search even matches recursion. Its not good enough for searching