Show HN: PyTorch search engine

[mendeza]

If you could search through github projects (torchvision, mmdetection, etc) and index high quality pytorch snippets, that would be awesome. I learn a lot about how to manipulate tensors and achieving specific deep learning tasks from GitHub projects, that’s how I answer various questions on how to implement key ideas with pytorch.

[chris_f]

Good stuff! Github is one of the sources, but not specific repos. I actually think we can break out Github into individual repo sources pretty easily.

[kjkisielewicz]

Niche search is a huge problem with Google and other big players these days, happy someone’s facing this issue head on.

Would be great if you could do this for Web3 / crypto, and other such niches where tons of new info is coming in and poorly indexed

[chris_f]

Any specific sites? Happy to spin one of these up for you focused on Web3. These work the best when the search engine creator has domain expertise to showcase the best sources.

I could try to find some sources, but my guess at the best Web3 sites would probably miss the mark.

[herval]

What kind of info do you need to find on the crypto space that can’t be easily found with Thegraph or similar tools?

[chris_f]

Here are some more example queries:

https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=install+osx&fromSearchBar=tr...

https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=save+trained+model

https://you.com/niche/pytorch?q=check+if+pytorch+is+using+GP...

[learndeeply]

For the first example the snippet isn't correct, it just says `conda list`. The website (TutorialPoint) it links to is also wrong and useless.

[p1esk]

Sounds like a good idea, but I'd like to see how is it better than googling these phrases together with pytorch keyword. Not saying it's not better, just not clear if it is.

[wanderingmind]

This is great. However how to find other such niche searches. A request for you.com/niche returns a 404 page which means you cannot find other niche searches like this one

[chris_f]

Yeah, that's a good point. As new ones get built, we will need a way to make them discoverable.

Also, just as a heads up, there is a link at the bottom of the search page [0] if anyone would like to build one of these search pages on any topic that might be interesting. It's just a form now bc we are working through the process.

[0] https://form.asana.com/?k=13NZtQkfNVw3CTE1jxngvg&d=119356944...

[cariaso]

that seems like a super valuable domain being very under used.

[version_five]

I think (at the risk of sounding like a shill; I don't use them) you.com is an interesting search engine that is not very well known. I'd be much happier seeing it be used for that than some we.com type branding play (although I take your point that in the hands of some branding expert it could have maybe a more clear connotation than anything related to search.